
Vinny Cusenza writes heart-centered fiction, personal and travel essays, memoir, and epistolary meditations on his place in the world. He has won awards for his photography, founded a Michelin-starred inn in Connecticut, sung onstage with Liza Minnelli, and herded rhinos. Vinny lives in Brooklyn with husband Steve and the spirit of Neko, their dearly departed, transsexual cat. Blood and Soil is Vinny Cusenza’s debut novel, an historical LGBTQ+ mystery-thriller and romance.