The Mirrored World is a 2012 novel by Debra Dean that presets a fictionalized account of Xenia of Saint Petersburg.

In a review for The Seattle Times, Wingate Packard wrote "In her excellent second novel, "The Mirrored World," Debra Dean has composed a resonant and compelling tale from 18th-century Russia, based on the historically true story of Xenia, later Saint Xenia of St.

Petersburg.

"[1] The Daily Reporter called it ""a brilliant look at the underbelly of societal expectation".

[2] The Mirrored World has also been reviewed by Library Journal,[3] Booklist,[3] BookPage,[4] Publishers Weekly,[5] the Historical Novel Society,[6] Missoulian,[7] and Kirkus Reviews.