Summary

JAYNE LYONS is a Perth based children’s author who also works for a major Australian corporation. She has worked in the developing world and seen challenges faced by underprivileged children firsthand. She is passionate children being given the opportunity to achieve their dreams.

Born and raised in Liverpool, UK, Jayne combines the unlikely loves of eighteenth-century English and Russian literature with being a sport tragic – especially football. Jayne has travelled the world with her day job as a geologist and has seen the challenges facing underprivileged children in the developing world first hand. She moved to Australia in 2005 and now works in combating climate change by offsetting carbon emissions

Biography

Jayne Lyons is an internationally published children’s author. Her books 100% Wolf and 100% Hero (Penguin Random House) follow the tribulations and triumphs of Freddy Lupin the heir to a proud family line of werewolves. Desperate to become a werewolf himself, Freddy is in for a shock when on his birthday his first “transwolfation” goes awry, turning him into a ferocious… pink poodle.

2020 will see the release of an animated family feature film 100% Wolf adapted from the book, by Studio 100 and Flying Bark productions. A spin-off series will also be released in co-production with Australian broadcaster, ABC.

In February 2019, Z for Zanto will be published as a not for profit endeavour in conjunction with the charity Save the Children (Vivid Publishing). It tells the story of a zombie kid who just wants to play football. The fast-paced action follows Zanto’s fight to live his dream, while working as a powerful allegory for the plight of child refugees.

Relevant qualifications

Member of Australian Society of Authors
Member of Children's Book Council Australia

Recent experience

JAYNE LYONS is a Perth based children’s author who also works for a major Australian corporation, offsetting carbon emissions. She has also worked in the developing world and seen challenges faced by underprivileged children firsthand. She is passionate children being given the opportunity to achieve their dreams.

Her book 100% Wolf (published by Penguin RandomHouse) has been adapted for film and TV and will be screened as an animated feature film (could be June but not not yet confirmed) and broadcast in Australia on the ABC as an animated series, in the second half of 2020.

Publications

Get in touch

Email [email protected]

Website https://www.jaynelyons.com