Jack Heath Explained

Jack Heath
Birth Date:	1986 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Language:	English
Nationality:	Australian
Education:	Lyneham High School
Partner:	Venetia Major^[1]

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)

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 Cut Out (Aug 2015) – a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book^[19] and shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction Novel^[20]
• The Fail Safe (Sep 2016) - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book,^[21] shortlisted for ACT Book of the Year^[22]

The Danger Series

• 300 Minutes Of Danger (Sep 2016)^{[23] [24]} - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book^[25]
• 400 Minutes Of Danger (Aug 2017)^[23]
• 500 Minutes Of Danger (Aug 2018)^[23]
• 200 Minutes Of Danger (Feb 2020)^[23]

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

External links

• Jack Heath's official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hardy. Karen. This is not a children's book: Jack Heath delivers a warning. 8 December 2017. 11 November 2019.
2. Web site: Hangman. Allen & Unwin. 15 February 2018.
3. Web site: Primary School Days: Free at Town Hall. July 2017. 30 May 2020.
4. Web site: Stretching the truth: Jack Heath on 'The Truth App'. subscription. 30 August 2018. Books+Publishing. 30 May 2020.
5. Web site: 2017 ACT Book of the year shortlist announced. 2018-02-15. 20 November 2017.
6. Web site: CBCA. cbca.org.au. 2016-04-26.
7. "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. "List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards ". Aurealisawards.com. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
9. "Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection". love2read.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
10. "Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards". yabba.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
11. "Shortlist for the 2014 KOALA Awards ". 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. [Tania McCartney|McCartney, Tania]
14. "An interview with Jack Heath"
15. Web site: Business Development eNewsletter. business.act.gov.au. 20 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121108124607/http://www.business.act.gov.au/doing_business_in_canberra/eNewsletters_issued_monthly/7_october_2009_enewsletter. 8 November 2012. dead.
16. Web site: Schools - Bookclub - Competitions - Liars - Scholastic Australia. scholastic.com.au. en. 2018-10-02.
17. Web site: Heath. Jack. Liars — Jack Heath. 1 September 2019. 11 November 2019.
18. Web site: Kids' Book Review: Review: The Cut Out (#1). www.kids-bookreview.com. 2016-04-26.
19. Web site: CBCA Notables List 2016. 2017-06-15.
20. "List of finalists in the 2015 Aurealis Awards". Aurealisawards.org. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
21. Web site: CBCA Notables List 2017. 2017-06-15.
22. Web site: 2017 ACT Book of the year shortlist announced. 2018-02-15. 20 November 2017.
23. Web site: Jack Heath — Danger Series. September 2015. jackheathwriter.com. 30 May 2020.
24. Book: 300 minutes of danger / Jack Heath. - Version details. Trove. 2016-04-26. 9781760271275. Heath. Jack. September 2015. Scholastic Australia .
25. Web site: CBCA Notables List 2016. Trove. 2017-06-15.
26. Book: The human / James Heath - Details. Trove. 2016-04-26. 9781925065633. Heath. Jack. May 2015. Scholastic Australia .
27. Web site: The Invisible Thread : One Hundred Years of Words | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories.
28. Book: Dead Man Running . www.amazon.com . October 2012. 16 January 2014.
29. "State Library of Queensland Website ".
30. Web site: The Book Post : A writers blog about writing by Tara Moss » the Salon Readings 2 - the Beach by Jack Heath . 11 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716192924/http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=76 . 16 July 2011 . dead .
31. Web site: The Book Post : A writers blog about writing by Tara Moss » Flesh, A Short Story by Jack Heath . 11 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716193007/http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=388 . 16 July 2011 . dead .