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Elle Grenier
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Author of THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY (Feiwel & Friends/Titan Books, February 2026). Mellow Dramatic. French Canadian. The world’s top Cats (2019) enthusiast. || She/they

Rep: Alexandra Levick, Writers House

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Yellow font on a blue background in the style of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign posters In the center are the words “Jellicle Songs for Jellical Cats” in the style of “Zohran for NYC”
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY just received its first trade review from Kirkus!!! 🪞

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY is a YA historical gothic with paranormal, psychological, and romance elements, releasing February 17th.
A blue Victorian-style wallpaper pattern fills the background. In the top of the screen, in an elegant gold frame, sits North American and UK covers of THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY by Elle Grenier. Beneath those covers, in a silver/blue gradient are the words “Grenier’s prose aches with immersive melancholy…Artfully atmospheric, sensitive, and nuanced.” Beneath that is a delicate golden page break and the reviewer’s name: “Kirkus Reviews.” A gray wallpaper with a stone-like texture fills the background. In the middle is the North American cover of THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY by Elle Grenier. At the top is the title and at the bottom are the words “Coming February 17th, 2026. Available for pre-order today.” Spread around the cover are six arrows pointing at it, each leading from one of the six following clauses (top to bottom, left to right): 1. The mortifying ordeal of being-known 2. Olympic-level self-sabotage 3. The smog knows your secrets 4. Losing your mind but make it fashion 5. “Am I the monster?” 6. t4t friends to strangers to lovers
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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“I just use generative AI to kickstart the process for me since writing is so hard!”

Me:
Bianca Del Rio in drag race untucked season 6 saying “Let me ask you a very fair question. What do you do successfully?”
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Time for my first ever giveaway! ✨

I’m SO excited to share that @FierceReads is giving away FIFTY galleys of THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY, my debut young adult novel in which a transfem Dorian Gray goes down a shame spiral of catastrophic proportions

Entries are open until September 15th!

bit.ly/4fkOb2J
The cover of THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY sits in front of a dark pink wallpaper with a faint broken glass patterning. Across the top of the graphics are the words “Goodreads Giveaway” in a light blue font. At the bottom in the same font are the words “Enter now for your chance to win a galley of This Wretched Beauty”. Across the middle, behind the cover, a light blue rectangle takes up roughly a quarter of the graphics. The left side reads “From August 18th” and the right side reads “To September 15th.”
August 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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“So what do you do when you’re not writing, anyway?”
A screenshot from Yugioh Master Duel’s “duel” screen showing a top 5% ranking
July 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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You may not like it but this is what peak male performance looks like
Rick Moranis as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors looking pathetically at a dying plant
July 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Surprise!! 🪞 So excited to share that THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY (A Dorian Gray Remix), which follows a young transfem aristocrat as a portrait taunts her down a path to the worst possible version of themself, is now available for ARC request on both NetGalley and Edelweiss ✨
The cover of THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY sits atop a light burgundy background with some faded texturing that looks like an old Victorian wallpaper. At the top are the words “Request your review copy” in capital letters. Below the cover are the words “Now available on NetGalley and Edelweiss.” On either side of the cover are six arrows pointing towards it, each with a different phrase that describes part of the book. In order (top to bottom, left to right) they are: - the mortifying ordeal of being known - Olympic-level self-sabotage - The fog knows your secrets - Losing your mind but make it fashion - “Am I the monster?” - t4t friends to strangers to lovers
June 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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✨🪞 She’s here 🪞✨

I’m *beyond* excited to team up with @LGBTQReads to reveal the cover for THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY, out February 17th, 2026.

Shoutout to cover artist @vetyyr and designer L. Whitt for bringing to life the dramatic cover of my dreams. Check out the full reveal over on LGBTQReads!
A young woman stands hunched over a dark desk in the bottom half of the picture. Her face is hidden behind shoulder-length golden-blonde hair with strawberry undertones. Her dress is long with pink and blue accents, but leaves her shoulders and upper back exposed. A white, smoke-like fog rises off her and into the painted portrait behind her, which holds a young figure in white with a malicious glint in their eye and a wicked smile. The frame is curved and wooden, and the backdrop of the portrait is an ominous purple smoke. At the bottom of the image is the title "This Wretched Beauty" in a large, elegant font, as well as the words "A Dorian Gray Remix" framed beneath it in a smaller, sleeker font. At the top of the page is the name "Elle Grenier" in the same font as "A Dorian Gray Remix." The cover sits in front of a dark magenta background with a smoky texture, and is surrounded by a dot-line silver frame with elaborate detailing across the four corners. The background is the same smoky magenta as for the cover reveal. This time, in the middle of the same silver frame is a text box holding the following words: London, 1867. Dorian Gray is the heir to a title and their family’s estate, but they’ve never been given the chance to decide whether that’s actually what they want out of life. Forcibly estranged from their father by their manipulative grandfather, Dorian feels trapped in the life that has been decided for them. Then one night they sneak out of their grandfather’s house, they meet a sweet and talented young painter named Basil, who immediately recognizes Dorian as his new muse. They agree to sit for Basil for a portrait, and Dorian is struck by the beauty and depth that Basil paints into their likeness—and they dare to begin hoping there might be more to life than being their grandfather’s perfect, empty-headed heir. Dorian is further elated when Basil introduces them to the world of molly houses and drag performers—they’ve never seen such joyful variety of humanity and gender expression. But, as the barrier between the London she knows and the one she's discovering begins to crumble, Dorian must face the fact that freedom and safety do not always come hand in hand. The aftermath of this realization pulls Dorian into a terrible downward spiral, torn between guilt over their own actions and hatred for the suffocating expectations of society, prompting them to push away those closest to them, surrounding themself instead with vapid courtiers and decadent socialites. And as Dorian’s spiral of self-loathing deepens, something strange happens—Basil’s portrait of them begins to change. Their smile becomes a little sharper, the glint in their eyes a little colder. Dorian will have to choose—embrace the wickedness within and allow themself to become what they were always meant to be, or dare to try for something far more fragile and dangerous: a life of their own making.
May 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Very real very normal cat
A 5 year-old tuxedo cat standing on two legs holding a bedpost for balance looking like a burglar The same 5 year-old tuxedo cat lying on a bed posing like Kate Winslet in Titanic
February 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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In case anyone else has had a hard time convincing themself rest is still worth making time for lately, I present to you…propafonda
80s Jane Fonda posing mid-bicep curl with the caption “Did YOU make time to rest today?” 80s Jane Fonda in the middle of an aerobics pose with the left hand curled above her head and the right hand curled at her hip, with the caption “Resting strength is the truest kind”
January 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I love being in charge of my schedule because it means I get to put this in my calendar like it’s work
A calendar event from 6:30-10:15 pm that says “watch legally blonde for motivation”
January 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I donated a manuscript critique for the #KidLit4Ceasefire auction raising funds for people in Gaza!

The auction items are here: www.32auctions.com/organization...

And you can still donate items using the QR code on picture 2!!
A black gradient background with the Palestinian flag in the upper left corner and flowers in its colors in both right corners. A headshot of me is in the bottom left. In the middle are the words “Kitlit4Ceasefire auction: Full manuscript critique from Elle Grenier” A black gradient background with the Palestinian flag in the upper left corner and flowers in its colors in the upper right. A QR code is in the bottom right corner next to the words “donate an item” and above the url link https://bit.ly/kitlit4ceasefireauction2025signups In the middle are the words “Kitlit 4 Ceasefire 2025 auction (January 15th-31st)
January 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Happy new year!!

To celebrate the start of the last year before I become a published author, what better than a release date reveal?

I’m happy to share that THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY releases February 17th, 2026!
A blue Victorian-style wallpaper pattern fills the background. In the middle of the screen, in an elegant white frame, is the date “February 17th 2026” as if on a tear-away calendar. Beneath this box, in a white, gothic font is the title THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY. Under that are the words “February 17th 2026” followed by “Feiwel and Friends”. In the top left corner, in the same font, are the words “Save the Date!”
January 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Literally me for the last two years
That meme where it’s someone standing in the corner of a room at a party saying “They don’t know I’m publishing a transfem Dorian Gray book”
December 3, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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IT’S OFFICIAL!!

My YA debut is being published by @FeiwelFriends as part of the Remixed Classics collection! ✨

THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY is my take on Dorian Gray, the relationship between transness, youth, and beauty, and how trauma can warp people beyond their own recognition.
A blue Victorian-style wallpaper pattern fills the background. In the middle of the screen, in an elegant white frame, sits the following announcement: “Emily Settle at Feiwel and Friends has acquired in an exclusive submission THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY by debut author Elle Grenier. This transfeminine YA remix of The Picture of Dorian Gray sees Dorian moved to jealousy towards her own portrait not only by vanity, but also a sudden awareness of the young man she’s expected to become, leading her through a dark web of obsession, paranoia, and terror as her portrait starts to change in her place. Publication is set for Winter 2026; Alexandra Levick at Writers House did the deal for world rights.” Beneath this box, in a white, gothic font is the title THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY. Under that are the words “Winter 2026” followed by “Feiwel and Friends”.
December 3, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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Finally made a mood board for [redacted] after spending years working on the book, so let’s talk about it!

[redacted] is a trans, Victorian gothic YA book about time, mental illness, and self-destruction, and how easy it is to become the creature haunting us when we’re confined to the shadows
A mood board for [redacted project]! It contains 10 assymetric frames, described below in order of left to right, top to bottom: 1. The entrance to an old gothic building, possibly a schoolhouse 2. A match freshly lit, surrounded by smoke with a flame at the tip 3. A dark alley on a cobblestone street 4. A hairbrush sitting on a small, portable mirror with an ornate frame 5. Shattered glass 6. A portrait frame with a skull in the middle. The skull appears to be made of smoke or shadow tendrils 7. An elegant, delicate cage with white feathers on the inside 8. An abandoned room in disarray. There are many three-pronged candelabras visible as well as a tarp and an empty picture frame. 9. A red rose obscured by dark pink smoke 10. An old-timey clock surrounded by fog. The arrows point to the Roman numeral II
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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I’m sorry but this fully looks like a horror movie
A street in Kelowna. There are a few cars on it and power lines on either side, alongside a few trees. The sky is so full of smoke it looks almost white
August 20, 2023 at 3:34 AM
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Clove is training to become a seal sitting on rocks
A black and white 2 year-old tuxedo cat perched atop her cat tree in the same position as a seal would be, half hanging off the perch
August 3, 2023 at 12:46 AM
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Society if we’d treated Cats (2019) like Barbenheimer
A stereotypical idea of the sci fi utopia. Grass is green. The buildings are all vaguely futuristic. Flying cars hover in organized lines.
July 28, 2023 at 3:37 AM
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Well well well, look what preorder finally came in the mail!!
The book GOING BICOASTAL by Dahlia Adler, wrapped in plastic packaging
July 4, 2023 at 7:36 PM
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Reconnecting with my Twitter friends
Margot Robbie in Barbie (2023) in the middle of a dance party saying “do you guys ever think about dying?”
July 3, 2023 at 5:48 AM
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Hello yugi-boy, and welcome to my crib
July 2, 2023 at 7:30 AM
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I think Clove likes our new coffeemaker box
June 28, 2023 at 5:49 PM