Jack Heath
| Jack Heath | |
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| Born | 23 August 1986 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Genre | Young Adult Fiction, Science Fiction |
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Jack Heath is an Australian writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for his book Money Run.[1] He has been shortlisted for the CBCA Notable Book Award,[2] Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award,[3] the Aurealis Sci-Fi book of the Year,[4] the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection,[5] a Young Australians Best Book Award,[6] a Kids Own Australian Literature Award[7] and the Young Australian of the Year Award.[8] He lives in Canberra.
Genre and style
Heath's young adult novels are mysteries, characterised by the frequent juxtaposition of elaborate action set pieces and moral philosophy.[9] They usually include science fiction technologies or settings, and are almost always set in an ambiguous location.[10]
As a public figure
Heath has taught creative writing at the Canberra Institute of Technology, been featured in the Shanghai World Expo[11] and spent a year reading only books by women in an effort to raise the profile of female authors.[12] He is deputy chair of the ACT Writers Centre.[13]
Books
Stand-alone novels
- Ink, Inc. (Dec 2013)
- Replica (Aug 2014)
The Fero Files[14]
- The Cut Out (Aug 2015)
- The Fail Safe (Sep 2016)
The Danger Series[15]
- 300 Minutes Of Danger (Sep 2015)
- Countdown To Danger: Bullet Train Disaster (Feb 2016)
- Countdown To Danger: Shockwave (May 2016)
- 400 Minutes Of Danger (Aug 2016)
The Scream Series[16]
- The Human Flytrap (May 2015)
- The Spider Army (May 2015)
- The Haunted Book (Aug 2015)
- The Squid Slayer (Aug 2015)
Ashley Arthur series (in chronological order)
- Money Run (2008) – shortlisted for the Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award[17]
- Hit List (2010) – shortlisted for the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection,[18] a YABBA[19] and a KOALA[20]
Six of Hearts series (in chronological order)
- The Lab (2006)
- Remote Control (2007) – shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Science-Fiction Novel[21]
- Third Transmission (2009) – excerpt published in The Invisible Thread: One Hundred Years of Words[22]
- Dead Man Running (2012)[23]
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[24]), 2008
- The Beach (written for Salon 3 – Stoker and Shelley, and published on Tara Moss's blog, The Book Post),[25] 2009
- Method Living, 2010
- Flesh (written for Salon 5 – Pinol and Wells, and published on The Book Post),[26] 2010
- The Caretakers, 2011
References
- ↑ Dempsey, Dianne. "Jack Heath's second novel impresses Dianne Dempsey with its inventiveness.". The Age. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ "CBCA". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ "Money Run's listing on the list of finalists for the 2013 Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award". brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ "List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards". Aurealisawards.com. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
- ↑ "Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection". love2read.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ "Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards". yabba.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Shortlist for the 2014 KOALA Awards". koalansw.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Jack Heath named ACT Young Australian of the Year 2009". abc.net.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ ""Third Transmission review by Tania McCartney". Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ "An interview with Jack Heath"
- ↑ "Business Development eNewsletter". business.act.gov.au. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ "Guest post: Jack Heath spent a year reading books by women". LiteraryMinded. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ "ACT Writers Centre". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ "Kids' Book Review: Review: The Cut Out (#1)". www.kids-bookreview.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ "300 minutes of danger / Jack Heath. - Version details". Trove. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ "The human flytrap / Jack Heath - Details". Trove. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- ↑ "Money Run's listing on the list of finalists for the 2013 Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award". brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ "Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection". love2read.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ↑ "Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards". yabba.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "Shortlist for the 2014 KOALA Awards". koalansw.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards". Aurealisawards.com. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
- ↑ http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C829886
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Man-Running-Jack-Heath-ebook/dp/B008VN9TZU Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "State Library of Queensland Website".
- ↑ http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=76
- ↑ http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=388
External links
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