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, The Sea in the Metro, will be published in August 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 from 2021 to 2023.

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 at Varuna National Writers House.

Jayne co-owns The Bookshop at Queenscliff.

Writing that is joltingly alive, beautiful and terrifying – Helen Garner

My new favourite writer – Lauren Elkin

The love child of Helen Garner and David Sedaris – The Saturday Paper 

Fast emerging as one of our finest – The Australian  

All nerve endings and noticing – Claire Thomas  

A writer who has perfected her craft – Ceridwen Dovey

… a delicious delight – Christos Tsiolkas  

Terrific, crisp writing … like a latter-day Bonjour Tristesse – The Age