The Lab (novel)

The Lab (novel)

The Lab is Australian writer Jack Heath's debut novel, first released as a paperback in 2006.

Jack Heath started writing The Lab when he was 13 and attending Lyneham High School. Jack started writing The Lab to impress a girl at school who liked reading. He finished the first draft at the age of 17. He kept his age a secret from the publishers until he knew they were definitely interested. Jack was told to expand the first draft from 40,000 words to 90,000, but when the project was moved to another department he was told to then shorten it to 70,000.

Only a few people Heath knows (one being his brother Tom) have a copy of the 90,000 word edition.

The Lab was published as a young adult fiction action story. It was released on 1 April 2006, and was published by Pan Macmillan Australia.

Two sequels to The Lab, Remote Control and Third Transmission, were released in 2007 and 2009 respectively.