Jack Heath

Jack Heath
Born (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 38)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • Short Story Writer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
EducationLyneham High School[1]
Genre
PartnerVenetia Major[1]
Website
jackheathwriter.com

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.

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

Stand-alone novels

  • Ink, Inc. (Dec 2013)
  • Replica (Aug 2014)
  • Kill Your Brother (July 2021)
  • Kill Your Husbands (Nov 2023)

The Liars series

Sources:[16][17]

  • 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:[18]

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)[26]

Ashley Arthur series

  • Money Run (2008) – shortlisted for the Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award[7]
  • Hit List (2010) – shortlisted for the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection,[9] a YABBA[10] and a KOALA[11]

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[27]
  • Dead Man Running (2012)[28]

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[29]), 2008
  • The Beach (written for Salon 3 – Stoker and Shelley, and published on Tara Moss's blog, The Book Post),[30] 2009
  • Method Living, 2010
  • Flesh (written for Salon 5 – Pinol and Wells, and published on The Book Post),[31] 2010
  • The Caretakers, 2011

References

  1. ^ a b c Hardy, Karen (8 December 2017). "This is not a children's book: Jack Heath delivers a warning". Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Hangman". Allen & Unwin. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Primary School Days: Free at Town Hall". July 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Stretching the truth: Jack Heath on 'The Truth App'". Books+Publishing. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ "2017 ACT Book of the year shortlist announced". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ^ "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Money Run's listing on the list of finalists for the 2013 Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award". brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. ^ a b "List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine". Aurealisawards.com. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  9. ^ a b "Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection". love2read.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards". yabba.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Shortlist for the 2014 KOALA Awards Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine". koalansw.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Jack Heath named ACT Young Australian of the Year 2009". abc.net.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  13. ^ McCartney, Tania. ""Third Transmission review". 17 September 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  14. ^ "An interview with Jack Heath"
  15. ^ "Business Development eNewsletter". business.act.gov.au. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  16. ^ "Schools - Bookclub - Competitions - Liars - Scholastic Australia". scholastic.com.au. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  17. ^ Heath, Jack (1 September 2019). "Liars — Jack Heath". Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Kids' Book Review: Review: The Cut Out (#1)". www.kids-bookreview.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  19. ^ "CBCA Notables List 2016". Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  20. ^ "List of finalists in the 2015 Aurealis Awards". Aurealisawards.org. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  21. ^ "CBCA Notables List 2017". Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  22. ^ "2017 ACT Book of the year shortlist announced". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  23. ^ a b c d "Jack Heath — Danger Series". jackheathwriter.com. September 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  24. ^ Heath, Jack (September 2015). 300 minutes of danger / Jack Heath. - Version details. Scholastic Australia. ISBN 9781760271275. Retrieved 26 April 2016 – via Trove.
  25. ^ "CBCA Notables List 2016". Trove. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  26. ^ Heath, Jack (May 2015). The human / James Heath - Details. Scholastic Australia. ISBN 9781925065633. Retrieved 26 April 2016 – via Trove.
  27. ^ "The Invisible Thread : One Hundred Years of Words | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories".
  28. ^ Dead Man Running. October 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2014 – via www.amazon.com.
  29. ^ "State Library of Queensland Website Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine".
  30. ^ "The Book Post : A writers blog about writing by Tara Moss » the Salon Readings 2 - the Beach by Jack Heath". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  31. ^ "The Book Post : A writers blog about writing by Tara Moss » Flesh , A Short Story by Jack Heath". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2010.