Hi, I'm Jack! I'm a novelist from Canberra, Australia. My work includes 300 Minutes of Danger (for kids), Kill Your Husbands (not for kids), and forty other books, translated into ten languages. I live on Ngunnawal/Ngambri land with my wife, five chickens, three possums, two cats, and a pair of human children.


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Elise used to be the pride of her town. Now she's a pariah. The only person who never gave up on her is her brother, Callum--and he's missing.

As she searches, Elise realises that she might not be the only person in the family with a dark secret . . .

(Previously published as Kill Your Brother)

The Mistake

He tidied his hair, smoothed down his vest, and extended a hand. 'Perhaps we can begin anew,' he said. 'Dr V. Frankenstein, at your service...'

Frankenstein and the Patchwork Man

Spy Academy

Everyone thinks Jayden ran away. Zoe knows they’re wrong.

Her search leads her to The 17—a secret group chat, used by anonymous teens to blackmail the powerless. To join, you have to put on a mask and record yourself completing a challenge. The challenges are always illegal. Sometimes dangerous. Maybe deadly...