Jack Heath

Jack Heath
Born (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 38)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • Short Story Writer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
EducationLyneham 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.

  1. ^ a b c 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. 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. ^ "Money Run's listing on the list of finalists for the 2013 Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award". brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. ^ "List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine". Aurealisawards.com. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  9. ^ "Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection". love2read.org.au. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards". yabba.org.au. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  11. ^ "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.