Lys Granier is a Montréal-based writer and urban geographer with an M.Sc in Urban Studies whose work explores how cities express moral ideals through their design, policies and behaviours. Her essays examine the sensory and ethical life of urban spaces—how fences, benches, noise bylaws, and gestures of care reveal competing visions of trust and control.

Granier’s writing combines lyrical observation with moral philosophy, drawing on her background in urban studies. She is currently developing a collection of essays that situates Montréal as both subject and lens: a city that makes its ethics visible in every texture, rhythm, and light. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Passages North, PRISM international, The Ex-Puritan and About Place Journal.

She lives in the Village with her three cats, her human husband and alongside a family of skunks, a family of squirrels and a few raccoons in her backyard.

She can be found on instagram @montrealys.