Zoe Daniel is a three-time foreign correspondent and was the ABC bureau chief in Washington DC from 2015 to 2019. Zoe was the ABC's Southeast Asia correspondent, based in Bangkok, from 2010 to 2013, and the Africa correspondent from 2005 to 2007. She has covered politics, conflicts, natural disasters and all manner of news around the world.

Her previous books include Storyteller, a foreign correspondent's memoir like no other, and Angel, a fictional account of the 2013 Philippines Typhoon Haiyan.

She currently lives in Melbourne with her husband, Rowan; their children, Arkie and Pearl; and their golden retriever, Tully.