Elise Gravel
Born1977 (age 45–46)
Montreal, Canada
OccupationWriter
NationalityCanadian
Notable awards
RelativesFrançois Gravel (father)
Website
elisegravel.com/en

Elise Gravel (born 1977) is a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec.

Gravel's original books[1] and graphic novels[2] focus on wacky and often gross content.[3] In 2012, she won a Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration in French[4] for her book La clé à molette.[5]

Gravel has written more than thirty books and her work has been translated into over twelve languages.[6][7] She studied graphic design, before becoming an illustrator. Gravel publishes in both English and in French.[8]

She is the daughter of writer François Gravel and Murielle Grégoire.[9]

In 2022, the Writers' Trust of Canada awarded Gravel the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in honour of her body of work.[10]

Selected work

  • Le Grand Antonio (2014), translated into English as The Great Antonio (2017), biography of Antonio Barichievich, known as The Great Antonio[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Elise Gravel". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "If Found... Please Return to Elise Gravel". Spring 2017 Books Preview. CBC Radio-Canada. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Goedhart, Bernie (2016). "Books for Kids: Elise Gravel gleefully grosses us out with The Toad". Montreal Gazette. July 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Medley, Mark (August 7, 2014). "Q&A: Elise Gravel makes a few gross points with her Organization for the Defence of Disgusting Critters". National Post. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ "David Johnston, right, Governor General of Canada congratulates Élise Gravel for her award in the Children's Literature, Illustration category". Vancouver Sun. November 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Elise Gravel Creators / Featured Guest / Kids Comics Creator / Kids Feature Guest". Archived from the original on 2017-07-09. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Meet Canada's 'hyperactive' illustrator, Elise Gravel". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  8. ↑ Gravel, Elise. "Bio". elisegravel.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  9. ↑ Claudia Larochelle, "Élise Gravel, Michèle Marineau et François Gravel: Sainte tribu". Les libraires, April 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ Deborah Dundas, "Writers’ Trust 2022 book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes". Toronto Star, November 2, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Le Grand Antonio" (in French). ICI Radio-Canada.
  12. ↑ "The Great Antonio". Quill & Quire.
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