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Kidnapped!
Kidnapped! is an Amity Kids adventure, co-authored by acclaimed Australian writers Ken Spillman and Jon Doust, with illustrations by popular children’s book illustrator James Foley. Smart and feisty friends from different backgrounds, the Amity Kids go all out to meet any challenge that comes their way. In Kidnapped! they face their biggest challenge yet, going head to head with criminals and attempting a dangerous rescue. Kids are smarter than adults – are they braver, too?
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Published January 1, 2013
About the author
Jon Doust
11 books18 followersJon comes from an old WA family, steeped in the stories he’s gathered along the way and those handed down to him by his story telling grandfather, Roy Doust.
His first adult novel, Boy on a Wire (Fremantle Press), published in 2009, required a re-print before December and was then long-listed for the 2010 Miles Franklin, Australia’s most prestigious literary award, along with such notable Australian writers as Thomas Kenneally, Craig Silvey, Alex Miller, Sonya Hartnet, Peter Carey and the eventual winner, Peter Temple. It was then reprinted in 2019, with an entirely new cover. And he thought that only happened to the big names.
Since then, two more: To the Highlands and Return Ticket. The final novel completing his trilogy – One Boys Journey to Man. Both were written in Menang Noongar Boodje, the Great Southern region of Western Australia, a place that nurtures him, sustains him, and where his spiritual brothers and sisters hold him.
Since that first novel Jon has often attended literary festivals, schools, book clubs, libraries, bus stops and coffee shops. These days he mainly entertains tour groups around Kinjarling Albany.
Some time ago, he was a regular on the conference circuit, speaking on a wide range of subjects, from Jungian psychological theory, the value of humour as a stress reliever, to leadership and community development. Those days are gone, given his age and weak knees.
Jon has been responsible for starting a range of organisations and events. These include one of Australia’s longest running comedy rooms, Perth’s Laugh Resort; the Australasian Cherry Pip Spitting Championship and the Manjimup Cherry Harmony Festival; Albany’s Sock Fence; and he was one of the founding members of the WA branch of the Wilderness Society.
He was born in Bridgetown (Joogilup) into a farming/retailing family and worked in both until he was old enough to know better. Outside the family business he was asked to leave jobs in banking, the media, retailing (again), farming (again) and comedy.
He also wrote a political satire – How to lose an election – based on his own losing experiences and co-written with Ken Spillman three children’s books – Magpie Mischief, Magwheel Madness and Kidnapped. Two almost received awards.
Jon got a BA English from Curtin University and has been a member of the Jungian Society, the Australian Association for Psychological Type, Laugh Resort Inc, an association of stand-up comedians, Creative Albany, a creative community think tank based in WA’s first town and port, the Australian Society of Authors, the Wilderness Society, and the International Society for Humour Studies.
He is old now but can still do 80 squats in a day, body surf, run through busy traffic, and remember where he put his shoes.
His first adult novel, Boy on a Wire (Fremantle Press), published in 2009, required a re-print before December and was then long-listed for the 2010 Miles Franklin, Australia’s most prestigious literary award, along with such notable Australian writers as Thomas Kenneally, Craig Silvey, Alex Miller, Sonya Hartnet, Peter Carey and the eventual winner, Peter Temple. It was then reprinted in 2019, with an entirely new cover. And he thought that only happened to the big names.
Since then, two more: To the Highlands and Return Ticket. The final novel completing his trilogy – One Boys Journey to Man. Both were written in Menang Noongar Boodje, the Great Southern region of Western Australia, a place that nurtures him, sustains him, and where his spiritual brothers and sisters hold him.
Since that first novel Jon has often attended literary festivals, schools, book clubs, libraries, bus stops and coffee shops. These days he mainly entertains tour groups around Kinjarling Albany.
Some time ago, he was a regular on the conference circuit, speaking on a wide range of subjects, from Jungian psychological theory, the value of humour as a stress reliever, to leadership and community development. Those days are gone, given his age and weak knees.
Jon has been responsible for starting a range of organisations and events. These include one of Australia’s longest running comedy rooms, Perth’s Laugh Resort; the Australasian Cherry Pip Spitting Championship and the Manjimup Cherry Harmony Festival; Albany’s Sock Fence; and he was one of the founding members of the WA branch of the Wilderness Society.
He was born in Bridgetown (Joogilup) into a farming/retailing family and worked in both until he was old enough to know better. Outside the family business he was asked to leave jobs in banking, the media, retailing (again), farming (again) and comedy.
He also wrote a political satire – How to lose an election – based on his own losing experiences and co-written with Ken Spillman three children’s books – Magpie Mischief, Magwheel Madness and Kidnapped. Two almost received awards.
Jon got a BA English from Curtin University and has been a member of the Jungian Society, the Australian Association for Psychological Type, Laugh Resort Inc, an association of stand-up comedians, Creative Albany, a creative community think tank based in WA’s first town and port, the Australian Society of Authors, the Wilderness Society, and the International Society for Humour Studies.
He is old now but can still do 80 squats in a day, body surf, run through busy traffic, and remember where he put his shoes.
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