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An immigration lawyer fights to keep her client from being deported to the country where his family was murdered many years ago. Then she finds out the killers are coming here—for both of them.

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Roxana Arama
thriller meets speculative fiction
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Storyteller from a Foreign Land

I’m a Romanian American author living in Seattle, Washington, a UNESCO-designated City of Literature. I studied computer science in Bucharest, Romania, and moved to the United States to work in software development before shifting careers to professional writing.

I have a master of fine arts in creative writing from Goddard College, and my work has been published in many fiction and nonfiction magazines. For a complete list, see Published Stories. I’m a member of SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association), ITW (International Thriller Writers, Inc.), the Authors Guild, and Codex Writers’ Group.

My debut thriller was published by Ooligan Press (Portland State University) on February 7, 2023 , exactly twenty-two years since the day I arrived in the US as an immigrant. Signed copies can be purchased from Madison Books, 2022 finalist for Publishers Weekly’s Bookstore of the Year Award. For more, including the first chapter, see Extreme Vetting: A Thriller.

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“A remarkable cast sparks this incisive, riveting tale of intolerance.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Roxana Arama is that rare thriller author who not only writes to entertain but also move the world toward a better place.”

—Karen Hugg, author of The Forgetting Flower and The Dark Petals of Provence

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Media Coverage of Extreme Vetting

Live Events
Featured Debut Author — ThrillerFest XVIII, New York, May 30 – June 3, 2023 (upcoming)
Book Signing — American Romanian Cultural Society, Seattle, May 4, 2023 (upcoming)
Meet the Author — EPIC Group Writers, Edmonds, WA, March 30, 2023 (upcoming) 
 
Podcasts
Roxana Arama Interviewed by Linda Thompson — The Authors Show, February 2023
Extreme Vetting: A Thriller — The Culture Buzz, February 2023
Author Interview with Roxana Arama — The Book Bistro, February 2023
 
Reviews
Extreme Vetting — Kirkus Reviews, March 2023
Extreme Vetting: 5-star review — Seattle Book Review, February 2023
New Book of the Week: Extreme Vetting — Madison Books Newsletter #184, February 2023
Fighting for a Future: A Review of Extreme Vetting — City on the Moon, January 2023
 
Q&As
Exclusive with Roxana Arama — The Strand Magazine, March 2023
Debut Spotlight: Roxana Arama — The Big Thrill, February 2023
Extreme Vetting: A New Legal Thriller — The Mystery of Writing, February 2023
Q&A with Roxana Arama — Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb, February 2023
Roxana Arama Interview – Extreme Vetting — JeanBookNerd, February 2023
Roxana Arama — Authors Answer, February 2023 
Roxana Arama on her debut legal thriller, Extreme Vetting — Sarahlyn Bruck, February 2023
IndieView with Roxana Arama, author of Extreme Vetting — The IndieView, February 2023
 
Guest Essays
How Writing about Immigration Helped Me Find Home — CrimeReads, February 2023
The Inspiration behind Extreme Vetting — Women Writers, Women’s Books, February 2023
Roxana Arama on the Inspiration for “Extreme Vetting” — Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire, January 2023
 
Book Lists
Roxana Arama Talks Immigration – Facts, Fiction, and Recommended Reading — Book Club Babble, January 2023
The best recent novels featuring voices of immigrants — Shepherd, January 2023
 
Roundups
Current Bestsellers — Madison Books Newsletter #187, March 2023
Panodyssey Listing — The Authors Show, March 2023
Recommended Reads — Women Writers, Women’s Books, March 2023
New Books by Members— The Authors Guild, February 2023
BookTrib’s Bites: A Black History Month Hero and Other Intriguing Stories — BookTrib, February 2023 (syndicated)
Book Blast! Extreme Vetting— Duffy the Writer, February 2023
Books Coming Out in February — Hasty Book List, February 2023
On the Radar — Crime Fiction Lover, January 2023
Weekly Bookstack — Hasty Book List, January 2023
Fresh Fiction Listing — Fresh Fiction, December 2022
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