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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 23 August 1986
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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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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.
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]
Heath was featured in the Shanghai World Expo [15] and spent a year reading only books by women and he loves atilla han
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