Jack Heath
{{Short description|Australian writer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|8|23}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Novelist
- Short Story Writer
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| language = English
| nationality = Australian
| education = Lyneham High School
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Crime Fiction
- Thriller
- Children's Fiction
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Jack Heath is an Australian writer of fiction for children and adults{{cite web|title=Hangman|url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/crime-mystery/Hangman-Jack-Heath-9781760297473|publisher=Allen & Unwin|accessdate=15 February 2018}} who is best known for the Danger, Scream,{{cite web|url=http://archive.swf.org.au/events/primary-school-days-free-at-town-hall-PSD5|title=Primary School Days: Free at Town Hall|date=July 2017|access-date=30 May 2020}} Liars{{cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/08/30/114159/stretching-the-truth-jack-heath-on-the-truth-app/|title=Stretching the truth: Jack Heath on 'The Truth App'|url-access=subscription|date=30 August 2018|publisher=Books+Publishing|access-date=30 May 2020}} and Timothy Blake series. He has been shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year Award,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/gordon-ramsay-mla-media-releases/2017/2017-act-book-of-the-year-shortlist-announced|title=2017 ACT Book of the year shortlist announced|access-date=2018-02-15|date=20 November 2017}} CBCA Notable Book Award,{{Cite web|url=http://cbca.org.au/notables-2016|title=CBCA|website=cbca.org.au|access-date=2016-04-26}} Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award,"[http://brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/Reviews/ForBook/372 Money Run's listing on the list of finalists for the 2013 Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award]". brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2012. the Aurealis Sci-Fi book of the Year,"[http://www.aurealisawards.com/Finalists.htm List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109101119/http://www.aurealisawards.com/Finalists.htm |date=9 January 2008 }}". Aurealisawards.com. Retrieved 20 April 2008. the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection,"[http://www.love2read.org.au/library/files/NationalYearofReading17October2011newsrelease.pdf Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection]". love2read.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012. a Young Australians Best Book Award,"[http://yabba.org.au/2014-shortlist/ Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards]". yabba.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014. a Kids Own Australian Literature Award"[http://www.koalansw.org.au/useful-resources/2014-shortlist-and-voting-resources/ Shortlist for the 2014 KOALA Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517122809/http://www.koalansw.org.au/useful-resources/2014-shortlist-and-voting-resources/ |date=17 May 2014 }}". koalansw.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014. and the Australian of the Year Award."[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-11-13/2009-act-young-australian-of-the-year-award/205122 Jack Heath named ACT Young Australian of the Year 2009]". abc.net.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012. 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.McCartney, Tania. "{{cite web |author-link=Tania McCartney |date=17 September 2009 |title=Third Transmission review |url=http://www.australianwomenonline.com/teen-fiction-third-transmission-by-jack-heath/ |accessdate=20 November 2012}} They usually include science fiction technologies or settings, and are almost always set in an ambiguous location."[http://www.thirstforfiction.com/uncategorized/an-interview-with-jack-heath An interview with Jack Heath]"
As a public figure
Heath was featured in the Shanghai World Expo{{cite web|title=Business Development eNewsletter|url=http://www.business.act.gov.au/doing_business_in_canberra/eNewsletters_issued_monthly/7_october_2009_enewsletter|publisher=business.act.gov.au|accessdate=20 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108124607/http://www.business.act.gov.au/doing_business_in_canberra/eNewsletters_issued_monthly/7_october_2009_enewsletter|archive-date=8 November 2012|url-status=dead}} 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){{Cite book |last=Heath |first=Jack |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/460812/doctor-who-frankenstein-and-the-patchwork-man-by-heath-jack/9781405965262 |title=Doctor Who: Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man |date=2025-04-24 |language=en}}
= The Liars series=
Sources:{{Cite web|url=http://scholastic.com.au/liars|title=Schools - Bookclub - Competitions - Liars - Scholastic Australia|website=scholastic.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-10-02}}{{cite web|last=Heath|first=Jack|url=https://jackheath.com.au/liars/|title=Liars — Jack Heath|date=1 September 2019|access-date=11 November 2019}}
- 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 =
- The Cut Out (Aug 2015) – a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book{{Cite web|url=https://cbca.org.au/notables-2016|title=CBCA Notables List 2016|access-date=2017-06-15}} and shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction Novel"[https://aurealisawards.org/2016/02/17/announcement-2015-aurealis-awards-shortlists/ List of finalists in the 2015 Aurealis Awards]". Aurealisawards.org. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- The Fail Safe (Sep 2016) - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book,{{Cite web|url=https://cbca.org.au/notables-2017|title=CBCA Notables List 2017|access-date=2017-06-15}} shortlisted for ACT Book of the Year{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/gordon-ramsay-mla-media-releases/2017/2017-act-book-of-the-year-shortlist-announced|title=2017 ACT Book of the year shortlist announced|access-date=2018-02-15|date=20 November 2017}}
=The Danger Series=
- 300 Minutes Of Danger (Sep 2016){{cite web|url=https://jackheathwriter.com/danger/|title=Jack Heath — Danger Series|date=September 2015|website=jackheathwriter.com|access-date=30 May 2020}}{{cite book|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192333270?q=creator%253A%2522Heath%252C+Jack%2522&c=book&versionId=210329955+215686973|title=300 minutes of danger / Jack Heath. - Version details|via=Trove|access-date=2016-04-26|isbn=9781760271275|last1=Heath|first1=Jack|date=September 2015|publisher=Scholastic Australia }} - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book{{Cite web|url=https://cbca.org.au/notables-2016|title=CBCA Notables List 2016|website=Trove|access-date=2017-06-15}}
- 400 Minutes Of Danger (Aug 2017)
- 500 Minutes Of Danger (Aug 2018)
- 200 Minutes Of Danger (Feb 2020)
=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){{Cite book|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192099571?q=creator%253A%2522Heath%252C+Jack%2522&c=book|title=The human / James Heath - Details|via=Trove|access-date=2016-04-26|isbn=9781925065633|last1=Heath|first1=Jack|date=May 2015|publisher=Scholastic Australia }}
=Ashley Arthur series =
=Six of Hearts series=
- The Lab (2006)
- Remote Control (2007) – shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Science-Fiction Novel
- Third Transmission (2009) – excerpt published in The Invisible Thread: One Hundred Years of Words{{Cite web | url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C829886 |title = The Invisible Thread : One Hundred Years of Words | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories}}
- Dead Man Running (2012){{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Man-Running-Jack-Heath-ebook/dp/B008VN9TZU |title=Dead Man Running |via=www.amazon.com |date= October 2012|access-date=16 January 2014}}
=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"[http://www.summerreadingclub.slq.qld.gov.au/ State Library of Queensland Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205094131/http://www.summerreadingclub.slq.qld.gov.au/ |date=5 December 2008 }}".), 2008
- The Beach (written for Salon 3 – Stoker and Shelley, and published on Tara Moss's blog, The Book Post),{{Cite web |url=http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=76 |title=The Book Post : A writers blog about writing by Tara Moss » the Salon Readings 2 - the Beach by Jack Heath |access-date=11 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716192924/http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=76 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} 2009
- Method Living, 2010
- Flesh (written for Salon 5 – Pinol and Wells, and published on The Book Post),{{Cite web |url=http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=388 |title=The Book Post : A writers blog about writing by Tara Moss » Flesh , A Short Story by Jack Heath |access-date=11 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716193007/http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=388 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} 2010
- The Caretakers, 2011
References
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External links
- [http://jackheathwriter.com/ Jack Heath's official website]
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Category:21st-century Australian novelists
Category:Australian male novelists
Category:Australian male short story writers
Category:21st-century Australian short story writers
Category:21st-century Australian male writers