Viiding, inspired by her father's career as an actor and her mother's love for music, graduated from school in 1999 as an actress.
Prose: "Välismaa naised", ("Foreign women") "Best European Fiction 2010", Dalkey Archive Press, edited by Aleksandar Hemon, translated by Eric Dickens Poetry: "Verden Finnes ikke på kartet" (Poesi fra hele verden), Forlaget Oktober AS, Oslo 2010, edited by Pedro Carmona-Alvarez and Gunnar Wærness.
St. Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2008, translated by Eric Dickens Poems: "Viie tunni tee.
Five Hours Away“ – Poetry from Nordic Poetry Festival 2001 in English: Vahur Afanasjev, Kristiina Ehin, Mehis Heinsaar, Aapo Ilves, Jan Kaus, Marko Kompus, Kalju Kruusa, Asko Künnap, Fagira D. Morti, Veiko Märka, Aare Pilv, Juku-Kalle Raid, Jürgen Rooste, Olavi Ruitlane, Francois Serpent, Karl-Martin Sinijärv, Lauri Sommer, Elo Viiding, Wimberg.
62 lk Poems: "Ajattelen koko ajan rahaa" – Estonian contemporary poetry in Finnish: Jürgen Rooste, FS, Elo Viiding, Toomas Liiv, Aleksander Suuman, Kivisildnik, Kalev Keskküla, Asko Künnap, Kristiina Ehin, Triin Soomets, Mats Traat, Hasso Krull, Kalju Kruusa, Fagira D. Morti, Eeva Park, Karl Martin Sinijärv, Aare Pilv, Wimberg.