Meik WikingistheCEO of theHappiness Research Institute,research associatefor Denmark at theWorldDatabase of Happiness, and foundingmember of theLatin American Networkfor Wellbeingand Quality ofLifePolicies. He is the author of the New York Times and international bestseller The Little Book of Hygge and The Little Book of Lykke.Heand hisresearch havebeen featured in morethan fivehundred mediaoutlets,includingTheWashingtonPost, BBC,Huffington Post,theTimes (London), The Guardian,CBS,Monocle,The Atlantic, and PBS NewsHour. Hehas spoken at TEDxand has spent yearsstudyingthemagicof Danish lifeand whatmakes peoplehappy. Helives in Copenhagen,Denmark.