Viviana Vasiu is a psychological thriller author born and raised in Transylvania, Romania, where she was a professional ballerina. She moved to the U.S. at 18 after winning the visa lottery and spent the next decade in her SUITS era working as a U.S. Supreme Court Fellow, DOJ prosecutor, and private firm litigator in Washington D.C., NYC, and Miami. Viviana has also been accepted into the Yale Writers’ Workshop and one of the most competitive residency programs in the world (The Chateau d’Orquevaux Artists and Writers Residency). She is a proud Kappa Alpha Theta sister. Viviana loves devouring twisty thrillers poolside, binging shows, and running. Her debut adult psychological thriller, THE INITIATION GAME, will be published by Thomas & Mercer in April 2027.

She is represented by Literary Agent Courtney Paganelli at Levine Greenberg Rostan in NYC. For film and TV, Viviana is represented by Literary Manager/Head of Media Rights Randie Adler at Range Media Partners.