Jack Heath is the pen-name of an award-winning Australian writer of fiction for children and adults. His thirty-six action-packed novels have been translated into several languages and optioned for film and television.

He is best known for the Danger, Truth App and Hangman series. He has been shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year Award, CBCA Notable Book Award, Nottinghamshire Brilliant Book Award, the Aurealis Sci-Fi Book of the Year, the National Year of Reading “Our Story” Collection, a Young Australians Best Book Award, a Kids Own Australian Literature Award and the Australian of the Year Award.

The Truth App and The Missing Passenger are set in the fictitious Australian town of Kelton. Age thirty-four, Heath lives in Canberra, Australia with his wife Venetia, whose jewelry-making studio shares a shed with his writing office. They have two children. http://jackheathwriter.com; twitter: jackheathwriter