About
SUSAN VAN ALLEN is the author of 100 Places In Italy Every Woman Should Go and Letters from Italy: Confessions, Adventures, and Advice.
Her love for Italy stems from her maternal grandparents, who emigrated from Southern Italy. She was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up on the Jersey shore amidst wonderful food and drama. When she first stepped off the train into Roma Termini in 1976, she got hooked on Italian travel. Since then she’s explored the country up and down the boot-visiting relatives, immersing herself in the country’s masterpieces and culture, taking language and cooking classes, and going on boating, biking, and hiking adventures. She’s written about Italian travel for many media outlets, including National Public Radio, Town & Country, Student Traveler, Tastes of Italia, Chicago Daily Herald, several Travelers’ Tales anthologies (including Best Travel Writing 2009), and CNN.com. Van Allen also writes for television, and was on staff of the Emmy winning sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. When she’s not in Italy, she is based in Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband and makes scrumptious lasagnas.
To hear audio interviews, go to www.susanvanallen.com
So glad that I found your blog through Andi over at Once In A Lifetime Travel. Any lover of Italy is surely a friend of mine! Look forward to reading more.
I’m always grateful to meet another lover of Italy too–thanks for sharing!
that would be wonderful, another Jersey perspective!
i have read your book and am enjoying your posts but JUST noticed you are also from the Jersey shore.
I am doing an extensive project on Italian Americans: comparing where their family immigrated from and where they grew up in the USA.
I would love to include you in the survey! My family is from south of Salerno and their traditions are very different than some of the other IA’s i have interviewed.
Hope you will consider joining in.
http://www.hometoitaly.com
So grateful to be connected! I will join in!