Jack Heath

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jack Heath is an Australian writer of fiction for children and adults[1] who is best known for the Danger, Scream,[2] Liars[3] and Timothy Blake series.[4] 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)
  • Doctor Who: Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man (April 2025)[16]

The Liars series

Sources:[17][18]

  • 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

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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

  • 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[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

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  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 Template:Webarchive". 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.
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