Linda Polman is a freelance journalist who has worked for Belgian, British and Dutch newspapers, and for radio stations such as BBC and Voice of America. Her books include The Floating City, Bot Pippel, We Did Nothing: Why the Truth Doesn't Always Come Out When the UN Goes In and With Friends Like These: Behind the Scenes of the International Humanitarian Aid Industry in Afghanistan, Congo and West Africa, scheduled for publication in English in 2009.