Since graduating from college with a journalism degree, Phil Cousineau's wanderlust has driven him to visit nearly one hundred countries as a backpacker, documentary filmmaker, travel writer, photographer, and art and literary tour leader. For him, travel provides what his mentor Joseph Campbell called "the key to the realm of the muses." Author of the bestselling travel book The Art of Pilgrimage, Cousineau continues to crisscross the world as a travel writer, a filmmaker, and the host of Global Spirit.
The Book of Roads: A Life Made from Travel is the culmination of a lifetime of travel experiences, from the steel factories of Detroit to headhunting villages in the Philippines, the war-torn villages in the Balkans to the river roads of Canada once traversed by his voyageur ancestors. His rhapsodic travel stories place him in the league of fellow travelers who are also masterful writers, such as Pico Iyer, Jack Kerouac, Jan Morris, and Beryl Markham.
Phil Cousineau is
an award-winning writer and filmmaker, teacher and editor, independent scholar
and travel leader, storyteller and television host. He lectures frequently on a
wide spectrum of topics that reflect his mythic journeys, including mythology,
movies, writing, mentorship, beauty, travel, sports, and creativity. Currently
the host of Link TV’s Global Spirit series,
Cousineau has published more than two dozen nonfiction books and has fifteen
scriptwriting credits to his name. His books have been translated into nine
languages. An expert on mythology and film and the “hero journey”
structure of screenplays, Cousineau consults on writing projects of all kinds.
He lives in San Francisco.View all by Phil Cousineau
