Grace Metalious (September 8, 1924 – February 25, 1964) was an American author best remembered for her sensational novel Peyton Place. It caused an incredible scandal when first published in 1956, but quickly one of the bestselling books of the twentieth century.

Of French-Canadian ancestry, she was born Marie Grace De Repentigny in Manchester, New Hampshire. Her parents separated when she was ten years old.

At the age of eighteen she married George Metalious (1925-2015) who came from a Greek family. The couple had three children. After World War II army service, George became a teacher, but Grace was far from the ideal 1950s wife, with her rebellious nature and burning ambition to write.

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