A growing collection of stories, scripts, and everything in between.
WRITING PROJECTS
Jayson Sutcliffe is a Melbourne-based author and screenwriter known for emotionally charged storytelling with a cinematic edge. His work spans fiction, memoir, children’s books, and screen projects—each exploring themes of identity, resilience, transformation, and technology. A former world champion in roller figure skating, Jayson brings a unique voice to every story he tells.
DARK HORSE
Format: Screenplay
Genre: Sporting Drama / Bio
Length: 95 pages
Status: Completed - Available. Submitted / Semi Finalist: Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards.
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Description: A coming-of-age drama set in the world of competitive roller skating, adapted from Rolaboi Revival.
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(Title withheld)
Format: Middle Grade Novel
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Word Count: 80,300
Status: Book 1 – Seeking/Under representation review (completed/available 2025).
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Description: A contemporary MG novel with a unique voice and layered emotional arc – full synopsis available on request.
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ROLABOI, REViVAL
Format: Memoir
Genre: Coming-of-Age / LGBTQ+ / Sports Biography
Pages: 408
Status: Published 2024 - Rights available.
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Description: A coming-of-age memoir about breaking rules, chasing dreams, and finding identity on wheels. From suburban outsider to world champion, this is the story of resilience, rebellion, and self-discovery.
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ROLLERAMA
Format: Pilot
Genre: Drama
Length: 55 pages
Status: Completed - Available (Five episodes written).
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Description: A gritty, glamorous roller-skating drama where ambition, secrets, and murder collide on and off the rink.
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(Title withheld)
Format: New Adult Contemp Novel
Genre: LGBTQ Thriller
Word Count: 70,000
Status: Available - Seeking Representation (completed 2024).
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Description: A raw, high-heat coming-of-age thriller about escape, identity, and the beautiful, brutal cost of chasing freedom – full synopsis available on request.
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THE TINIEST SNOWFLAKE BOOK 1
Format: Children’s Picture Book
Genre: Winter Tale / Inspirational / Ages 3–8
Pages: 32
Status: Published 2024 - Rights available.
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Description: A magical winter story about the smallest snowflake who dares to dream big. A heartwarming tale of individuality, purpose, and the quiet power of making a difference.
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the rink
Format: Pilot
Genre: Drama
Length: 56 pages
Status: Completed - Available.
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Description: A roller skating coach and his team face personal and professional hurdles as they navigate the dubious ins and outs of teenage and adult life.
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(Title withheld)
Format: Treatment
Genre: Horror
Status: Available / WIP
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Description: A seductive, AI tech-laced descent into vanity, control, and consequence — where influence is currency, truth is distorted, and nothing is what it seems.
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THE TINIEST SNOWFLAKE BOOK 2
Format: Children’s Picture Book
Genre: Winter Tale / Inspirational / Ages 3–8
Pages: 34
Status: Published 2025 - Rights available.
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Description: Lila returns for a journey through the changing seasons, discovering the courage to evolve, the beauty of transformation, and the quiet magic hidden in every cycle of life.
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
They call him, Rollerboy
Jayson Sutcliffe is a Melbourne-based writer and former world champion in roller figure skating. After a decorated career on wheels, he turned to storytelling—releasing his memoir Rolaboi in 2001, which later won the TaleFlick Discovery “Book to Movie” competition and was optioned by Fortune Films.
His documentary Rollerboy was a finalist at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival, following the success of Jesus Can’t Skate, which won the Audience Award at the 2006 Australian International Film Festival.
Over the past 18 months, Jayson has written two fiction novels and launched a children’s book series, The Tiniest Snowflake, which debuted as a No. 1 “Hot New Release” in December 2024. His feature screenplays have also received acclaim from WeScreenplay and the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards.
