Jack Heath
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Jack Heath is an Australian writer of fiction for children and adults[2] who is best known for the Danger, Scream,[3] Liars[4] and Timothy Blake series.[1] He has been shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year Award,[5] CBCA Notable Book Award,[6] Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award,[7] the Aurealis Sci-Fi book of the Year,[8] the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection,[9] a Young Australians Best Book Award,[10] a Kids Own Australian Literature Award[11] and the Australian of the Year Award.[12] He lives in Gungahlin, Canberra.
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| Born | 23 August 1986 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Lyneham High School[1] |
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| Partner | Venetia Major[1] |
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Genre and style
Heath's young adult novels are mysteries, characterised by the frequent juxtaposition of elaborate action set pieces and moral philosophy.[13] They usually include science fiction technologies or settings, and are almost always set in an ambiguous location.[14]
As a public figure
Heath was featured in the Shanghai World Expo[15] and spent a year reading only books by women and he loves atilla han
Books
Summarize
Perspective
Stand-alone novels
- Ink, Inc. (Dec 2013)
- Replica (Aug 2014)
- Kill Your Brother (July 2021)
- Kill Your Husbands (Nov 2023)
- Doctor Who: Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man (April 2025)[16]
The Liars series
- The Truth App (1 Sep 2018)
- No Survivors (also published as The Missing Passenger, 1 Dec 2018)
- The Set Up (1 March 2019)
- Lockdown (1 June 2019)
- Armageddon (1 Sep 2019)
The Fero Files
Source:[19]
- The Cut Out (Aug 2015) – a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book[20] and shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction Novel[21]
- The Fail Safe (Sep 2016) - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book,[22] shortlisted for ACT Book of the Year[23]
The Danger Series
Countdown to Danger/Choose Your Destiny
- Countdown to Danger: Bullet Train Disaster (Feb 2011)
- Countdown to Danger: Shock wave (May 2012)
- Countdown to Danger: Deadly Heist (Feb 2013)
The Scream Series
- Human Flytrap (May 2019)
- Spider Army (May 2019)
- Haunted Book (Aug 2019)
- Squid Slayer (Aug 2019)[27]
Ashley Arthur series
Six of Hearts series
- The Lab (2006)
- Remote Control (2007) – shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Science-Fiction Novel[8]
- Third Transmission (2009) – excerpt published in The Invisible Thread: One Hundred Years of Words[28]
- Dead Man Running (2012)[29]
Timothy Blake series
- Hangman (Jan 2018)
- Hunter (also published as Just One Bite, Mar 2019)
- Hideout (Dec 2020)
- Headcase (Nov 2022)
Short stories
- Sleep (published in Voiceworks, issue #65), 2006
- The Mistress (published in Voiceworks, issue #68), 2007
- Right-angles and hair (published in The Sex Mook), 2007
- Emma (published in lip, issue #16), 2008
- 404 (published on jackheath.com.au), 2008
- Freak Show (published by the State Library of Queensland[30]), 2008
- The Beach (written for Salon 3 – Stoker and Shelley, and published on Tara Moss's blog, The Book Post),[31] 2009
- Method Living, 2010
- Flesh (written for Salon 5 – Pinol and Wells, and published on The Book Post),[32] 2010
- The Caretakers, 2011
References
External links
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