Lena De Winne

   

Born and raised in Moscow, Lena De Winne spent all her adult life in Europe. She holds MSc in engineering, MBA and PhD in psychology. After fifteen years of a successful career at the European Space Agency where she worked in business development, liaison, promotion and education, she went on to pursue her life-long dream of becoming a writer. In the last few years she published several books of prose and poetry in Russian and English languages, participated in art projects and featured as a host of a television program about Russia in Belgium. Lena is a member of a Writers' Union of Moscow and a prominent public speaker.

She supports several charity projects in Russia and in Europe.