Stephanie Elizondo Griest was interviewed by Tango Diva “Author and Mother Road Warrior: Stephanie Elizondo Griest,” February 15, 2010
"Stephanie Elizondo Griest has mingled with the Russian Mafiya, polished Chinese propaganda, and belly danced with Cuban rumba queens. These adventures are the subject of her award-winning memoir: Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana (Villard/Random House, 2004)."