Susan has always had an eye for the world around her and a desire to explore it - both visually and physically. This desire led Susan to her current profession as a Nature Guide throughout Asia. When Susan isn't lurking behind a tree in a forest in some remote corner of the globe, she usually has a camera in her hand and an eye on the people and places which surround her.

After completing studies in biological sciences, she moved to Japan for several years, where she became fluent in the language and studied the natural history and culture. She's had many careers including being a nurse (which didn't last long!), a biologist, a scuba instructor and a Japanese translator/interpreter.

Susan has been birding and traveling in Asia for over twenty years now, something she can’t quite believe herself! She is passionate about Asia and its wildlife. For more than 15 years Susan has led tours throughout Asia, including countless trips to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Indonesia, over twenty tours to Vietnam, and many tours of India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Japan, Thailand, China, Cambodia, Burma and the Philippines, as well as Madagascar, West Papua, the Pacific islands and, of course, Australia.

She is the author of "The Birds of Borneo", published by Princeton University Press.