James Heneghan (7 October 1930 – 23 April 2021), who has also written under the joint pseudonym B. J. Bond, was a British-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.
Biography Heneghan was born 7 October 1930 in Liverpool to John and Ann (née Fitzgerald) Heneghan. He immigrated to Canada in 1957 and became a naturalized citizen in 1963.
Heneghan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in 1971. He worked as a police officer in Liverpool as a fingerprint specialist for twelve years before teaching English at Burnaby High School in Burnaby for twenty years.
Heneghan had four children: Ann, Robert, John, and Leah.
He died 23 April 2021 in Vancouver.
Awards and honours The Grave is a Junior Library Guild book. +Awards for Heneghan's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.1993Drifting SnowGovernor General's Award for English-Language Children's LiteratureFinalist1995Torn AwayArthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime BookWinner1995Torn AwaySheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist1997Wish Me LuckGovernor General's Award for English-Language Children's LiteratureFinalist1998Wish Me LuckSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeWinner2001Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeWinner2003FloodSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeWinner2004FloodChocolate Lily Young Readers' Choice Award: Chapter Book/NovelWinner2005Waiting for SarahManitoba Young Readers' Choice AwardWinner2007Safe HouseSheila A. Egoff Children's Literature PrizeFinalist2014Arthur Ellis Award for Best NovellaShortlist2017Wish Me LuckPhoenix AwardWinner2010Bank JobArthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime NovelNominee
Publications Goodbye, Carleton High (1983) Promises to Come (1988) Blue (1991) Torn Away (1994) Wish Me Luck (1997) The Grave (2000) Flood (2002) Hit Squad (2003) Waiting for Sarah (2003) Nannycatch Chronicles (2005) Safe House (2006) Payback (2007) Bank Job (2009) Fit to Kill (2011)
O'Brien Detective Agency series The Case of the Marmalade Cat (1991) The Trail of the Chocolate Thief (1993) The Mystery of the Gold Ring (1995) The Case of the Blue Raccoon (1996)
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