pinterest circle. PHIL COUSINEAU is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, teacher and editor, lecturer and travel leader, storyteller, TV and radio host. His fascination with the art, literature, and history of culture has taken him from Michigan to Marrakesh, Iceland to the Amazon, in a worldwide search for what the ancients called the “soul of the world.” With more than 35 books and 15 scriptwriting credits to his name, the “omnipresent influence of myth in modern life” is a thread that runs through all of his work. He is the author of more than 35 books including Stoking the Creative Fires, Once and Future Myths, The Art of Pilgrimage, The Hero's Journey, Wordcatcher, The Painted Word, The Oldest Story in the World, The Book of Roads, and The Accidental Aphorist. The “omnipresent influence of myth in modern life” is a thread that runs through all of his work. Phil lectures frequently on a wide range of topics—from mythology, film, and writing, to beauty, travel, sports, and creativity. An expert on mythology and film, the "hero's journey" structure of screenplays, Phil is the founding mentor of the Book Passage Bookstore's "Path to Publishing" program, and is a popular consultant on writing projects ranging from nonfiction to memoir, novels to film projects. Learn more and or contact him through his website.