Selma Franssen is a Dutch journalist living in Brussels. Her work has been published by OneWorld, De Morgen, De Standaard, The New Statesman, Vice, Bustle and Newsweek. She is the author of non-fiction book 'Vriendschap in tijden van eenzaamheid' (Friendship in a time of loneliness). Together with friend and journalist Linda A. Thompson, she writes a newsletter for creative freelancers.