Jack Heath is the award-winning author of forty thrillers for adults and children. His novels have been translated into eight languages and adapted for film. He lives on Ngunnawal land in Canberra, Australia.
Books
- Headcase, November 29, 2022
- 10 Minutes of Danger, July 2022
- Villain Kid Fully Busted, June 2022
- Kid President Totally Rules, September 2021
- Kill Your Brother, August 2021 (shortlisted for a Ned Kelly award)
- 200 Minutes of Mystery, 2021
- Stunt Kid Seriously Stacks It, 2021
- Hideout, 2020 (shortlisted in the ACT Notable Awards)
- 200 Minutes of Danger, 2020
- The Silver Thief, 2019
- Hunter / Just One Bite, 2019
- Armageddon, 2019
- Lockdown, 2018
- The Set-Up, 2018
- No Survivors / The Missing Passenger, 2018 (shortlisted for a KOALA award)
- The Truth App, 2018
- Hangman, 2018 (voted into the Dymocks 101 Club and the Better Reading Top 100)
- The Lost Treasure, 2018
- Rabbit Rescue, 2018
- The Missing Ace, 2018
- Deadly Heist, 2017
- Shockwave, 2017
- Bullet Train Disaster, 2017
- 500 Minutes of Danger, 2017 (winner of the Ena Noel Award)
- 400 Minutes of Danger, 2016
- The Fail Safe, 2016 (shortlisted for ACT book of the Year)
- The Cut Out, 2015 (shortlisted for an Aurealis Award)
- 300 Minutes of Danger, 2015 (CBCA Notable Book)
- The Squid Slayer, 2015
- The Haunted Book, 2015
- The Spider Army, 2015
- The Human Flytrap, 2015
- Replica, 2014 (shortlisted for the Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award)
- Ink, Inc , 2013
- Dead Man Running, 2012
- Hit List, 2010
- Third Transmission, 2009
- Money Run, 2008
- Remote Control, 2007 (shortlisted for an Aurealis Award)
- The Lab, 2006
Interviews
- ACT Libraries (video)
- Booktopia podcast (audio)
- Booktopia TV (video)
- The Canberra Times (text)
- Carpe Librum (text) “Blake has strengths that I don’t share… In fairness to me, though, I never ate anybody.”
- Conversations with Writers (audio)
- Dymocks Booklovers (video)
- The First Time (audio)
- Freedom (text) “I don’t give much thought to the book once it’s published; the act of writing is the point.”
- The Hub on Books (audio)
- Huon and Kingston FM (audio)
- So You Want To Be A Writer (audio with transcript) “A book these days shouldn’t be just a time killer. Because people have endless ways to kill time.”
- Steph Bowe (text) “I usually start with something preposterous, and then try to include as much real-life science as possible to make it convincing.”
- The Riot ACT (text) “If you start writing for the market or writing a book you don’t believe in, readers sense that and it will start to die.”
- Words and Nerds (audio)
- Writer Interviews Blog (text) “Endings are much harder than beginnings. You have so much freedom – you can start anywhere, but your book only works if you arrive at the correct destination.”
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