AustLit logo

AustLit

Jonathan Harlen Jonathan Harlen i(A31728 works by)
Born: Established: 1963
c
New Zealand,
c
Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1986
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 3 y separately published work icon Blood Sports : Fletcher Smith : Sports P.I. Jonathan Harlen , Lindfield : Scholastic Press Scholastic Press , 2008 Z1560968 2008 single work children's fiction children's detective Teenage sports private eye Fletcher Smith faces his toughest case yet, in the cutthroat world of international rugby. Fletcher is in Coffs Harbour with the Wallabies Rugby team when Kelvin Hunt, their ear-biting, eye-gouging, in-your-face coach, is kidnapped by a SWAT team. Not happy with how the investigation is being handled, Fletcher starts working on the case himself, convinced that his archenemy, criminal sports-management mastermind Samson Bolivar, is involved.
1 y separately published work icon Fletcher Smith : Sports P.I. Jonathan Harlen , 2007 Lindfield : Scholastic Press Scholastic Press , 2007- Z1560966 2007 series - author children's fiction children's detective
1 3 y separately published work icon Dangerous Games : Fletcher Smith : Sports P.I. Jonathan Harlen , Lindfield : Scholastic Press Scholastic Press , 2007 Z1516466 2007 single work children's fiction children's detective Fletcher Smith has inherited his father's one-man Sports Detective Agency at the Australian Institute of Sport. Both his parents suffered nervous breakdowns after a car accident engineered by Fletcher's archenemy, global sports management guru Samson Bolivar. Now, with the help of sidekick Frank the Turk, Fletcher has sworn to expose Bolivar and thwart his evil dealings. Hired by rising cricket star Tom Baker to retrieve a lucky pig's foot given to him by Don Bradman, Fletcher finds himself fighting for his life in the dangerous underworld of Australian sport. To crack this case, he'll need to battle killer sea wasps, a ruthless hitman and a deranged tennis prodigy.
1 3 y separately published work icon The Instant Tan Jonathan Harlen , Sydney : Lothian , 2007 Z1407535 2007 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Ziggy and the Plugfish Jonathan Harlen , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2005 Z1187715 2005 single work children's fiction children's adventure humour

'A terrible thing happened to Ziggy Plunkett. His parents were swallowed alive. by a giant jellyfish. Even Shayla's dad with his hotted-up ute and explosives can't get them out. Nor can Admiral Crushmore with his breakdancing mini-submarine. In fact, no one can. Mrs Plunkett can't do a thing with her hair. And Mr Plunkett's croissants are going stale.And now they are hurtling towards the centre of the Earth.WATCH OUT! This book will suck you in! It's jam-packed with crazy underwater action,several rather sticky situations.and lots and lots of jelly.' (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Mad Goat Mystery Jonathan Harlen , Bulimba : Word Weavers Press , 2004 Z1193047 2004 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Drop Dead, Mad Dog Fred Jonathan Harlen , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2003 Z1081101 2003 single work children's fiction children's

Back home, Sam's family is in trouble. Their wombat farm is struggling through a drought, and her dad has decided to turn to a life of crime to mend the family fortunes. Can Sam pull her dad out of trouble and rescue the farm at the same time? Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Source: Trove
1 3 y separately published work icon Circus Berzerkus Jonathan Harlen , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2002 Z992840 2002 single work children's fiction children's humour
1 3 y separately published work icon Brain Scam Jonathan Harlen , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2002 Z955779 2002 single work children's fiction children's horror
1 3 y separately published work icon The Cockroach War Jonathan Harlen , Sydney : Hodder Headline Australia , 2000 Z835648 2000 single work children's fiction children's
1 6 y separately published work icon Kristen Jonathan Harlen , Rydalmere : Hodder Headline , 1999 Z340114 1999 single work novel young adult horror
1 2 y separately published work icon Champions Jonathan Harlen , Emma Quay (illustrator), Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 1998 Z834526 1998 single work picture book children's The tiger, stingray, python, bear, emu and hippo run, swim and fight to find out who is the champion of all the animals. But it's not who they might think.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Crescent Moon Jonathan Harlen , Port Melbourne : Lothian , 1998 Z804402 1998 single work children's fiction children's horror 'A group of teenagers are on a school wilderness camp at remote, and rugged, Clausen's Cove. They notice that there is a ring of stone fireplaces which seem to surround the camp behind a high, barbed-wire-topped fence. A local farmer warns them not to wander in the bush, beyond the ring of fireplaces at night, because there are hidden mine shafts and a pack of wild dogs roaming there. Sarah, who hates school camps, meets a local boy who tells her of a long-hidden murder and arranges to meet her at midnight, at a hut in the bush, to see the murder weapon, a sickle. At this fateful assignation, under a sickle moon, she realises too late the meaning of the fireplaces and the wild dogs...'
Source: Bookseller's website
1 At Issue... A Writer's Perspective Jonathan Harlen , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 12 no. 2 1997; (p. 10-13)
1 Hopeless Cases Jonathan Harlen , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 5 no. 2 1997; (p. 10)
2 y separately published work icon The Carriers Jonathan Harlen , Port Melbourne : Lothian , 1996 Z833977 1996 single work children's fiction children's horror
3 6 y separately published work icon Fireflies Jonathan Harlen , Ringwood : Puffin , 1996 Z496908 1996 single work novel young adult When John Berryman falls for Johanna Carling, it's a riot. The Americans. The police. The government. They're all involved. Because Johanna's father is a diplomat. And John is anything but diplomatic... (Source: Trove)
1 Nicole Breaks it Off Jonathan Harlen , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Ready or Not 1996; (p. 123-149)
1 2 y separately published work icon The Dream of the Dusky Dolphin Jonathan Harlen , Patricia Mullins (illustrator), Norwood : Omnibus Books , 1995 Z839636 1995 single work picture book children's
1 2 y separately published work icon The Yowie Thief Jonathan Harlen , South Australia : Omnibus Books , 1995 Z838587 1995 single work children's fiction children's
X