Jack Heath

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Jack Heath
Born (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • Short Story Writer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Education Lyneham 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.

Contents

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 in an effort to raise the profile of female authors. [16]

Books

Stand-alone novels

The Liars series [17] [18]

The Fero Files [19]

The Danger Series

Countdown to Danger/Choose Your Destiny

The Scream Series [27]

Ashley Arthur series

Six of Hearts series

Timothy Blake series

Short stories

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