Anastasia Shevchenko is a Ukrainian-Canadian-German writer based in Berlin since 2012. Her writing is shaped by a life lived across cultures and by a long-standing fascination with the question of what makes a good life. Before turning to fiction, she studied communications, cultural studies, and economics, worked in Berlin's startup scene, taught yoga, and built a career at the intersection of business, ethics, and social change. The Happiness Engine is her debut novel. www.the-happiness-engine.com