Journalist, travel writer and self-declared islomaniac, Tamara Thiessen (tamarathiessen.com) lives between Paris and Sydney, with regular touchdowns in Tasmania, her island birthplace. After working in print, radio and television journalism in Australia, and getting a Master’s degree in European Journalism in France, she has worked as a foreign correspondent for newspapers and radio stations worldwide. She has reported on Europe for forbes.com and CNN.com, Monocle, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, South China Morning Post, Globe & Mail and the Montreal Gazette. Tamara has also worked for Agence France-Presse, ABC Radio Australia and Radio France International. Her stories on travel, hotels, culture, adventure, sustainability, design, food and wine appear in travel publications worldwide. As a travel writer and/or photographer, she is the author of Bradt’s Borneo guidebook (entering in its fifth edition) and has also contributed to or written guidebooks covering Australia, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.