Jump to content

Jack Heath: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m →‎External links: clean up using AWB
No edit summary
Tags: repeating characters nonsense characters
Line 1: Line 1:
123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name = Jack Heath
| image =
| pseudonym =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|8|23}}
| occupation = Novelist
| nationality = Australia
| genre = [[Young Adult Fiction]], Science Fiction
| website = {{url|http://jackheath.com.au/}}
}}
'''Jack Heath''' is an Australian writer of children's and [[young adult fiction]], best known for his book ''Money Run''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dempsey|first=Dianne|title=Jack Heath's second novel impresses Dianne Dempsey with its inventiveness.|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/books/book-reviews/money-run/2008/09/29/1222650974557.html|publisher=The Age|accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> He has been shortlisted for the CBCA Notable Book Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbca.org.au/notables-2016|title=CBCA|website=cbca.org.au|access-date=2016-04-26}}</ref> Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award,<ref>"[http://brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/Reviews/ForBook/372 Money Run's listing on the list of finalists for the 2013 Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award]". ''brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk''. Retrieved 19 November 2012.</ref> the Aurealis Sci-Fi book of the Year,<ref>"[http://www.aurealisawards.com/Finalists.htm List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards]". ''Aurealisawards.com''. Retrieved 20 April 2008.</ref> the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection,<ref>"[http://www.love2read.org.au/library/files/NationalYearofReading17October2011newsrelease.pdf Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection]". ''love2read.org.au''. Retrieved 19 November 2012.</ref> a Young Australians Best Book Award,<ref>"[http://yabba.org.au/2014-shortlist/ Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards]". ''yabba.org.au''. Retrieved 15 May 2014.</ref> a Kids Own Australian Literature Award<ref>"[http://www.koalansw.org.au/useful-resources/2014-shortlist-and-voting-resources/ Shortlist for the 2014 KOALA Awards]". ''koalansw.org.au''. Retrieved 15 May 2014.</ref> and the Young Australian of the Year Award.<ref>"[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-11-13/2009-act-young-australian-of-the-year-award/205122 Jack Heath named ACT Young Australian of the Year 2009]". ''abc.net.au''. Retrieved 19 November 2012.</ref> He lives in [[Canberra]].

==Genre and style==
Heath's young adult novels are [[Mystery fiction|mysteries]], characterised by the frequent juxtaposition of elaborate action [[setpiece|set pieces]] and [[moral philosophy]].<ref>"{{cite web|url=http://www.australianwomenonline.com/teen-fiction-third-transmission-by-jack-heath/|title=Third Transmission review by Tania McCartney|accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> They usually include science fiction technologies or settings, and are almost always set in an ambiguous location.<ref>"[http://www.thirstforfiction.com/uncategorized/an-interview-with-jack-heath An interview with Jack Heath]"</ref>

==As a public figure==
Heath has taught creative writing at the Canberra Institute of Technology, been featured in the [[Shanghai World Expo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Business Development eNewsletter|url=http://www.business.act.gov.au/doing_business_in_canberra/eNewsletters_issued_monthly/7_october_2009_enewsletter|publisher=business.act.gov.au|accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> and spent a year reading only books by women in an effort to raise the profile of female authors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guest post: Jack Heath spent a year reading books by women|url=http://literaryminded.com.au/2011/12/02/guest-post-jack-heath-spent-a-year-reading-books-by-women/|publisher=LiteraryMinded|accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> He is deputy chair of the ACT Writers Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.actwriters.org.au/about/act_writers_centre.shtml|title=ACT Writers Centre|website=www.actwriters.org.au|access-date=2016-04-26}}</ref>

==Books==

===Stand-alone novels===
*''Ink, Inc.'' (Dec 2013)
*''Replica'' (Aug 2014)

=== The Fero Files<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2015/09/review-cut-out-jack-heath-1.html|title=Kids' Book Review: Review: The Cut Out (#1)|website=www.kids-bookreview.com|access-date=2016-04-26}}</ref> ===
*''The Cut Out'' (Aug 2015)
*''The Fail Safe'' (Sep 2016)

=== The Danger Series<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192333270?q=creator%253A%2522Heath%252C+Jack%2522&c=book&versionId=210329955+215686973|title=300 minutes of danger / Jack Heath. - Version details|website=Trove|access-date=2016-04-26}}</ref> ===
* 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192099571?q=creator%253A%2522Heath%252C+Jack%2522&c=book|title=The human flytrap / Jack Heath - Details|website=Trove|access-date=2016-04-26}}</ref> ===
* 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<ref>"[http://brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/Reviews/ForBook/372 Money Run's listing on the list of finalists for the 2013 Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award]". ''brilliantbookaward.nottinghamshire.gov.uk''. Retrieved 19 November 2012.</ref>
*''Hit List'' (2010) – shortlisted for the National Year of Reading "Our Story" Collection,<ref>"[http://www.love2read.org.au/library/files/NationalYearofReading17October2011newsrelease.pdf Shortlist of titles for the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection]". ''love2read.org.au''. Retrieved 19 November 2012.</ref> a YABBA<ref>"[http://yabba.org.au/2014-shortlist/ Shortlist for the 2014 YABBA Awards]". ''yabba.org.au''. Retrieved 15 May 2014.</ref> and a KOALA<ref>"[http://www.koalansw.org.au/useful-resources/2014-shortlist-and-voting-resources/ Shortlist for the 2014 KOALA Awards]". ''koalansw.org.au''. Retrieved 15 May 2014.</ref>

===Six of Hearts series (in chronological order)===
*''[[The Lab (novel)|The Lab]]'' (2006)
*''Remote Control'' (2007) – shortlisted for the [[Aurealis Award]] for Best Science-Fiction Novel<ref>"[http://www.aurealisawards.com/Finalists.htm List of finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Awards]". ''Aurealisawards.com''. Retrieved 20 April 2008.</ref>
*''Third Transmission'' (2009) – excerpt published in The Invisible Thread: One Hundred Years of Words<ref>http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C829886</ref>
*''Dead Man Running'' (2012)<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Man-Running-Jack-Heath-ebook/dp/B008VN9TZU Retrieved 16 January 2014.</ref>

==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<ref>"[http://www.summerreadingclub.slq.qld.gov.au/ State Library of Queensland Website]".</ref>), 2008
*''The Beach'' (written for ''Salon 3 – Stoker and Shelley'', and published on [[Tara Moss]]'s blog, ''The Book Post''),<ref>http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=76</ref> 2009
*''Method Living'', 2010
*''Flesh'' (written for ''Salon 5 – Pinol and Wells'', and published on ''The Book Post''),<ref>http://blog.taramoss.com/index.php?itemid=388</ref> 2010
*''The Caretakers'', 2011

== References ==
<!--This article uses the Cite.php citation mechanism. If you would like more information on how to add references to this article, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php -->
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://jackheath.com.au/ Jack Heath's official website]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heath, Jack}}
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian novelists]]
[[Category:Australian male novelists]]
[[Category:Australian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian short story writers]]

Revision as of 22:28, 17 May 2017

123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Heath&oldid=780913442"