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La Carmina (http://www.lacarmina.com/blog) is the author of 4 books including THE LITTLE BOOK OF SATANISM, out now from Simon & Schuster!

She is a leading underground culture & travel blogger, TV host and coordinator (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN), author of 4 books (Simon & Schuster, Penguin USA and Random House), and award-winning journalist. She’s well-known for her coverage of Jpop culture, Satanism worldwide, alt Gothic fashion / lifestyle, and bizarre body modifications, especially Japanese bagel heads.

TV HOST: La Carmina appeared on “The Today Show” and CBS “The Doctors,” and co-hosted an episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern for Travel Channel. NHK Japan filmed two documentaries about her work. Recent TV hosting and arran La Carmina (http://www.lacarmina.com/blog) is the author of 4 books including THE LITTLE BOOK OF SATANISM, out now from Simon & Schuster!

She is a leading underground culture & travel blogger, TV host and coordinator (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN), author of 4 books (Simon & Schuster, Penguin USA and Random House), and award-winning journalist. She’s well-known for her coverage of Jpop culture, Satanism worldwide, alt Gothic fashion / lifestyle, and bizarre body modifications, especially Japanese bagel heads.

TV HOST: La Carmina appeared on “The Today Show” and CBS “The Doctors,” and co-hosted an episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern for Travel Channel. NHK Japan filmed two documentaries about her work. Recent TV hosting and arranging credits include The Purge for Blumhouse, NHK Kawaii TV, Discovery TV “Oddities”, National Geographic “Taboo”, Food Network “World’s Weirdest Restaurants”, Fuel TV, Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, Belgium TV, Norway TV, Pro Sieben, and CNN. She also does photography as Carmen Wong, real legal birth name.

Her TV coordination and consulting company, La Carmina & The Pirates (http://lacarmina.com/pirates), worked on numerous shows about extreme body mods.

BLOGGER & JOURNALIST: Her popular culture/travel blog - http://www.lacarmina.com/blog - has been featured in major publications (The New Yorker, Washington Post, WWD, Cosmopolitan, Vogue Italia, LA Times). She is a SATW award winning journalist for The New York Times, Eater, CNN, Time Magazine, Business Insider, Fodor's and Travel + Leisure. Speeches and appearances include: NY Fashion Week, Hong Kong social media week, Luisaviaroma in Florence Italy, PRSA Travel and Tourism Conference, World Tourism Forum Istanbul, Experience Romania, Mediabistro Social Curation summit.

AUTHOR: She's written 4 nonfiction books for major publishers (Simon and Schuster, Penguin Random House). These include the
new Little Book of Satanism (foreword by Lucien Greaves of The Satanic Temple), Cute Yummy Time (about decorating food to look adorable) and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (such as vampire and ninja restaurants). More on LaCarmina official website: http://www.lacarmina.com
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	The Little Book of Satanism: A Guide to Satanic History, Culture, and Wisdom 4.31 avg rating — 396 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cute Yummy Time: 70 Recipes for the Cutest Food You'll Ever Eat 3.69 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El pequeño libro del satanismo (General) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants Hardcover November 25, 2009 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Canadian travel adventures continue in one of the most beautiful and distinctive locations in Canada: Prince Edward Island! I’ve had PEI on my bucket list ever since I was young, and finally got the chance to spend two quick but magnificent days in the province with photographer Joey Wong. Of course, we pranced around […]

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“The Professor noted two nymphs with strawberries on their heads, a DayGlo Amish lady, a mustachioed man in a rainbow apron. He wrote Saturday Night Fever, then crossed it out and wrote Drag Ball + Bollywood and underlined it twice.”
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“Now is the time to discard malevolent stereotypes about Satanists, and take a truthful look at the history and ideas of the movement through the ages. In the spirit of Lucifer the adversary, I hope you’ll be inspired by Satanism’s affirmative values that courageously oppose injustice and speak up for nonconformity, free inquiry, and personal liberty.”
― La Carmina, The Little Book of Satanism: A Guide to Satanic History, Culture, and Wisdom

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La Carmina is published in The New York Times! La Carmina wrote a personal essay for Modern Love - “Tiny Love Stories.” See her NY Times debut by googling "la carmina new york times love" <3

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