Elise Gravel

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

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

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

She is the daughter of writer François Gravel and Murielle Grégoire. As of 2024, she is married with two daughters.

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.

In February 2024, the Jewish Public Library of Montreal moved her books to their closed stacks, following Instagram posts that the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs described as antisemitic. A few days later, the library restored the books.

Selected work

 * Le Grand Antonio (2014), translated into English as The Great Antonio (2017), biography of Antonio Barichievich, known as The Great Antonio