Viviana Cordero is an Ecuadorian novelist, playwright and film writer and director has made her one of the influential authors of her generation. She was born in Quito, Ecuador, in 1964, and studied Modern Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. In cinema, Viviana wrote the screenplays and directed the following films: "Sensaciones" (1991), "Un Titán en el Ring" (2002), "Retazos de Vida" (2007), "No Robarás... a menos que sea necesario" (2013), and "Sólo Es Una Más" (2017). She also wrote and directed a 24 episode TV series, "El Gran Retorno" (1996).