Jayne Tuttle

Jayne Tuttle is a writer, performer and bookseller.

Her first book, Paris or Die, was published in 2020 and her second, My Sweet Guillotine, in 2022. A third, to complete the Paris trilogy, is set for publication in 2025. She has written for The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, and other international outlets.

Raised in Melbourne, Jayne moved to Paris in 2004 to take up a French Government Enseignement Supérieur scholarship to attend the Jacques Lecoq Theatre School. After graduating, she remained in France to work in theatre, and as a translator and bilingual copywriter. In 2021 Jayne and fellow Lecoq alumnus John Bolton developed Paris or Die into a solo stage play, touring Melbourne, regional Victoria and France.

In 2023, Jayne was sponsored by the Ville de Paris to adapt and perform the play for an international audience. She has also received fellowships from the La Napoule Art Foundation and Bundanon Trust, and is a long-term artist-in-residence at the Centre les Récollets in Paris. In 2021, she was awarded the Varuna Eric Dark Flagship Fellowship.

Jayne co-owns The Bookshop at Queenscliff.