Jack Heath


Jack Heath is an Australian writer of fiction for children and adults who is best known for the Danger, Scream, Liars and Timothy Blake series. He has been shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year Award, CBCA Notable Book Award, Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award, the Aurealis Sci-Fi book of the Year, the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection, a Young Australians Best Book Award, a Kids Own Australian Literature Award and the Australian of the Year Award. 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. They usually include science fiction technologies or settings, and are almost always set in an ambiguous location.

As a public figure

Heath was featured in the Shanghai World Expo.

Books

Stand-alone novels

  • Ink, Inc.
  • Replica
  • Kill Your Brother
  • Kill Your Husbands
  • Doctor Who: Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man
  • ''Kill Your Boss''

    The Liars series

Sources:
  • The Truth App
  • No Survivors
  • The Set Up
  • Lockdown
  • ''Armageddon''

    The Fero Files

Source:
  • The Cut Out – a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book and shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction Novel
  • The Fail Safe - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book, shortlisted for ACT Book of the Year

    The Danger Series

  • 300 Minutes Of Danger - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book
  • 400 Minutes Of Danger
  • 500 Minutes Of Danger
  • 200 Minutes Of Danger
  • ''10 Minutes Of Danger''

    Countdown to Danger/Choose Your Destiny

  • Countdown to Danger: Bullet Train Disaster
  • Countdown to Danger: Shock wave
  • ''Countdown to Danger: Deadly Heist''

    The Scream Series

  • Human Flytrap
  • Spider Army
  • Haunted Book
  • ''Squid Slayer''

    Ashley Arthur series

  • Money Run – shortlisted for the Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award
  • Hit List – shortlisted for the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection, a YABBA and a KOALA

    Six of Hearts series

  • The Lab
  • Remote Control – shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Science-Fiction Novel
  • Third Transmission – excerpt published in The Invisible Thread: One Hundred Years of Words
  • ''Dead Man Running''

    Timothy Blake series

  • Hangman
  • Hunter
  • Hideout
  • ''Headcase''

    Short stories

  • Sleep, 2006
  • The Mistress, 2007
  • Right-angles and hair, 2007
  • Emma, 2008
  • 404, 2008
  • Freak Show, 2008
  • The Beach, 2009
  • Method Living, 2010
  • Flesh, 2010
  • The Caretakers, 2011