Janani Balasubramanian is a writer and gamemaker whose work has been presented at more than 160 stages across North America and Europe, including The Public Theater, MOMA, Abrons Arts Center, Andy Warhol Museum, Red Bull Arts, Ace Hotel, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Most recently, Balasubramanian premiered _Heisenberg_ (a live audio game about uncertainty) at the New York High Line. Balasubramanian is currently a 2018-2020 Van Lier fellow at the Public Theater, and is working on _Stargeit_, a Cold War era novel about an extraordinary friendship.