Jack Heath

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Jack Heath
Born (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 39)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 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]

Books

Stand-alone novels

The Liars series

Sources: [17] [18]

The Fero Files

Source: [19]

The Danger Series

Countdown to Danger/Choose Your Destiny

The Scream Series

Ashley Arthur series

Six of Hearts series

Timothy Blake series

Short stories

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. 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. 1 2 "Money Run's listing on the list of finalists for the 2013 Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine ". brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. 1 2 "List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine ". Aurealisawards.com. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  9. 1 2 "Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection Archived 13 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine ". love2read.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards Archived 12 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine ". yabba.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  11. 1 2 "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. ↑ Heath, Jack (24 April 2025). Doctor Who: Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man.
  17. ↑ "Schools - Bookclub - Competitions - Liars - Scholastic Australia". scholastic.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  18. ↑ Heath, Jack (1 September 2019). "Liars — Jack Heath" . Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  19. ↑ "Kids' Book Review: Review: The Cut Out (#1)". www.kids-bookreview.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  20. ↑ "CBCA Notables List 2016". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  21. ↑ "List of finalists in the 2015 Aurealis Awards". Aurealisawards.org. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  22. ↑ "CBCA Notables List 2017". Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  23. ↑ "2017 ACT Book of the year shortlist announced". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Jack Heath — Danger Series". jackheathwriter.com. September 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  25. ↑ Heath, Jack (September 2015). 300 minutes of danger / Jack Heath. - Version details. Scholastic Australia. ISBN   9781760271275 . Retrieved 26 April 2016– via Trove.
  26. ↑ "CBCA Notables List 2016". Trove. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  27. ↑ Heath, Jack (May 2015). The human / James Heath - Details. Scholastic Australia. ISBN   9781925065633 . Retrieved 26 April 2016– via Trove.
  28. ↑ "The Invisible Thread : One Hundred Years of Words | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories".
  29. ↑ Dead Man Running. October 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2014– via www.amazon.com.
  30. ↑ "State Library of Queensland Website Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine ".
  31. ↑ "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.
  32. ↑ "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.
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