Born and raised in Adelaide, Sam Trezise started his guidebook journey as the director and co-founder of Insider Guides. Focused on offering travel advice for international students, these guides have been in circulation since 2007 and are now distributed worldwide in several different languages, covering a range of Australian and UK destinations. A graphic designer by trade, Sam has worked with various publications, agencies, banks, local councils and universities in both concept development and content creation capacities. Sam is the author of Adelaide Pocket Precincts and San Francisco Pocket Precincts, and is responsible for all of the research, writing, design, illustrations and mapping for the Half-full Adventure Map series to Tokyo, London, New York City, Melbourne and San Francisco, also published by Hardie Grant Travel.