Dennis Gastmann , born in 1978, traveled the world for years as a foreign correspondent. His highly praised book Mit 80.000 Fragen um die Welt was published in 2011, followed by his journey from Germany over the Alps to Italy to atone for his sins ( Gang nach Canossa , 2012). For Atlas der unentdeckten Länder (2016), he visited the last unexplored locations on Earth, and he explored Japan for Der vorletzte Samurai (2018). His travel reports have all become Spiegel bestsellers. His latest work is Dalee , his first novel. Dennis Gastmann lives in Hamburg and works around the world.