Welcome! I’m Camille a Northern California novelist, essayist, and travel writer whose work explores Sicilian American family life, wilderness, tango, travel, spirituality, and belonging. I’m the author of the 2026 novel, The Mystique of the Last Cannoli and the 2008 memoir Tango: An Argentine Love Story and editor of literary anthologies on France, Italy, Mexico, and Greece.
Selected essays and publications.
My newest novel, The Mystique of the Last Cannoli, explores the mythology, music, humor, and emotional inheritance of a sprawling Sicilian American family.
What remains after the last cannoli is gone? In Mystique I create a richly textured world of Sicilian American family life where food, music, memory, longing, humor, and old-country mythology intertwine. At once comic and poignant, the novel explores the emotional inheritance passed between generations: family loyalties, buried grief, reinvention, appetite, and the stories we tell to survive. Set against the backdrop of Italian American culture and infused with warmth, wit, and lyrical observation, The Mystique of the Last Cannoli celebrates both the chaos and tenderness of family life. Perfect for readers who enjoy multigenerational family stories, literary fiction with heart, and novels steeped in food, music, and cultural memory.
Centanni Publications
“Slow-cooked words for hungry minds”
Published by Centanni Publications.
Slow-cooked words for hungry minds
Bio
Camille Cusumano is a journalist, book author, and editor. She has written for numerous publications. Her travel memoir, TANGO: an Argentine Love Story, was published in 2008 by Seal Press.
