[2] He is a descendant of Lord George Sanger, a world-famous Victorian circus owner and an International English cricketer.
Wallace was a fan of comic books such as The Adventures of Tintin and Asterix and authors including Dr.Seuss and Richard Scarry.
[2] In his childhood, among his favorite books were James and the Giant Peach and Danny the Champion of the World.
"[2] Wallace says he has "always had a fertile imagination, but as far as I'm concerned, it's the school I need to thank for inadvertently nurturing my will to write through strong discipline".
[5] The novel has received extensive recognition (international rights currently sold to the USA, Norway, Turkey, Brazil and France) and has established him as a successful published author[citation needed].
While he attended a boarding school in Zimbabwe shortly after the Rhodesian Bush War/Zimbabwean War of Liberation ended,[2] Jason Wallace wanted to write a story of what he had seen or experienced.