Gwendolyn Grimaldi

***Full Name:*** Gwendolyn Quill Violet Grimaldi

***Birthday:*** June 25th, 1999

***Age:*** 23

***Gender:*** Female

***Height:*** 5’5

***Weight:*** 130 pounds

***Hair Color:*** Brown

***Eye Color:*** Dark brown

***Alias:*** Gwen

The Grim Gwen

bloodsuckingviolet

Holden Rogue

*Family Members*: Older sister

Younger brother

Unnamed parents

*Occupation*: Author

*Residence*: Washington state

**Gwendolyn Grimaldi** is the author of the 2021 paranormal fiction novel *DOBREV, when the wings of butterflies freeze, Beneath the Elysian Fields* and *Letters from Lorenz.* She began writing in 2010, beginning with fanfiction for various fandoms before creating original content by the time she was twelve years old. Gwen wrote *DOBREV* between January 2020 and March 2021, and self-published it through Amazon Kindle.

### Early Life

Gwen was born in North Dakota on June 15th, 1999. She grew up in two small towns with less than a thousand residents, and played three different sports in high school. She first began writing at the age of eleven, after reading S.E. Hinton's novel *The Outsiders;* the fanfiction (posted on Fanfiction.net under the name KennaTheJedi, along with a few others from the fandom *Avatar: The Last Airbender*) was written over the course of a year, with sixty-plus chapters, and earned over ninety comments. That same summer, Gwen wrote her first three original novellas, and also began working on an Aztec mythology series, which she wrote well into high school. She won two silver awards through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards contest for an essay and a short story, respectfully; Gwendolyn also had a poem published through a local college magazine her senior year of high school.

### Fanfiction

Gwen took a break from writing fanfiction to continue her Aztec book series, but returned using the popular site Archive of Our Own after joining the Haikyuu!!! fandom. She has written over fifty works for this fandom, her most popular works gaining over twenty thousand hits; Gwen became well known for writing stories centered around the Bokuto/Akaashi ship, as well as the Iwaizumi/Oikawa pairing. As of 2021, she has written over one million words of fanfiction, gathered 114k hits, over six-hundred comments, and 9k+ kudos.

### Published Works

*when the wings of butterflies freeze* (self-published BL erotica in 2019, now available to read on AO3 or Kindle Publishing)

*Beneath the Elysian Fields* (self-published poetry collection in 2020, now available through Kindle Publishing)

*DOBREV* (self-published paranormal fiction/LGBT novel in 2021, now available through Kindle Publishing)

*Letters from Lorenz* (self-published historical letter novella in 2021, now available through Kindle Publishing)

### Trivia

-Gwen's full name is Gwendolyn Quill Violet Grimaldi; the name *Gwendolyn* is of Welsh origin and means "white ring." She was known under different pen names and aliases over the years, including Holden Rogue, Juniper and others.

-Her Zodiac sign is Cancer (June 25th)

-She has been a vegan since early 2021

-Gwendolyn has a black lab/pitbull mutt she adopted from a shelter in 2017, whom she named Hiro, the main character from the *Big Hero 6* movie

-The first story she ever wrote was a fanfiction based off S.E. Hinton's novel *The Outsiders*, focused around the character Sodapop Curtis and an original female character

-In the notes of *DOBREV*, Gwendolyn stated there will be no sequels to the novel. She felt that an addition defeated the purpose of Dobrev's character growth, and would contradict all the revelations he had about not needing to control everything that happened to him.

-In regards to the main characters, Gwen was more like Dobrev as a twelve year old, and Achille was everything she wanted to be.

-She played varsity volleyball, track, and basketball in high school.

-Gwen is a fan of the TV show *Ghost Adventures*, which she references in the novel *DOBREV.*

~She moved from North Dakota to Washington state in 2022.

~Some of her day jobs include working as a cashier at a grocery store, a nursing assistant and a medical assistant.