Lizzie Huxley-Jones

Lizzie Huxley-Jones is a Welsh editor and author of children's literature. They are an advocate for the representation of disability in literature, and the author of the Welsh mythology-inspired Vivi Conway novels (20232024), among other works.

Early life Huxley-Jones grew up in Rhuddlan, North Wales.

Career Before their writing career, Huxley-Jones worked in charities and as a bookseller. Through the latter job, they re-ignited a past interest in writing.

In 2022, Hodder & Stoughton acquired the publishing rights to Huxley-Jones' holiday-themed romantic comedy novel Make You Mine This Christmas. Huxley-Jones intended to explore a romance between lead characters who are neurodivergent, queer, and disabled, and also reflect Huxley-Jones's own personal experiences.

Huxley-Jones' Welsh mythology-inspired middle grade novel, Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend, was published by Knights Of in 2023. The novel garnered significant critical attention, appearing on the shortlists for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in the Younger Readers category, and the English-language Tir na n-Og Award for children's literature from Wales. The novel was also on the longlist for the Branford Boase Award. Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and Huxley-Jones announced in 2023 that they were writing a young adult romance novel, Hits Different, in which a deaf woman pursues her dream of becoming a dancer. Hot Key Books later acquired the rights to the novel,

In addition to their literary work, Huxley-Jones has worked as a sensitivity reader and spoken in the press about the representation of disability in literature. They have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and have spoken about the representation of characters with disabilities, such as EDS, in literature.