Jack Heath

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.

Jack Heath
Born	(1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 38) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Novelist Short Story Writer
Language	English
Nationality	Australian
Education	Lyneham High School[1]
Genre	Young Adult Fiction Science Fiction Crime Fiction Thriller Children's Fiction
Partner	Venetia Major[1]
Website
jackheathwriter.com

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 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)^[16]

The Liars series

Sources:^[17][18]

• 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

Source:^[19]

• The Cut Out (Aug 2015) – a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book^[20] and shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction Novel^[21]
• The Fail Safe (Sep 2016) - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book,^[22] shortlisted for ACT Book of the Year^[23]

The Danger Series

• 300 Minutes Of Danger (Sep 2016)^[24][25] - a Children's Book Council of Australia notable book^[26]
• 400 Minutes Of Danger (Aug 2017)^[24]
• 500 Minutes Of Danger (Aug 2018)^[24]
• 200 Minutes Of Danger (Feb 2020)^[24]

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)^[27]

Ashley Arthur series

• Money Run (2008) – shortlisted for the Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award^[7]
• Hit List (2010) – shortlisted for the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection,^[9] a YABBA^[10] and a KOALA^[11]

Six of Hearts series

• The Lab (2006)
• Remote Control (2007) – shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Science-Fiction Novel^[8]
• Third Transmission (2009) – excerpt published in The Invisible Thread: One Hundred Years of Words^[28]
• Dead Man Running (2012)^[29]

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^[30]), 2008
• The Beach (written for Salon 3 – Stoker and Shelley, and published on Tara Moss's blog, The Book Post),^[31] 2009
• Method Living, 2010
• Flesh (written for Salon 5 – Pinol and Wells, and published on The Book Post),^[32] 2010
• The Caretakers, 2011