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
(Author’s note: I’m not the only Jack Heath in the world. If you find a Jack Heath book that isn’t on this list, I didn’t write it.)
- 300 Minutes of Mystery, mid-2023
- 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.”
Social links
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