James Heneghan grew up in Ireland and Liverpool, England. He came to Canada in 1957 and became a Canadian citizen in 1963. Heneghan earned a degree at Simon Fraser University and worked as a fingerprint specialist with the Vancouver Police before becoming a high school English teacher in Burnaby. Heneghan lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and now writes full-time.

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Books by James Heneghan

	1980 Puffin Rock (as B.J. Bond, with Bruce McBay)
	1983 Goodbye, Carleton High (as B.J. Bond, with Bruce McBay)
	1988 Promises to Come
	1991 The Case of the Marmalade Cat
	1991 Blue
	1993 The Trail of the Chocolate Thief
	1994 Torn Away
	1995 The Mystery of the Gold Ring
	1996 The Case of the Blue Raccoon
	1997 Wish Me Luck
	2000 The Grave
	2002 Flood
	2003 Waiting for Sarah (with Bruce McBay) An accident took Mike's family and his legs. Life seems pretty miserable until he meets a young girl while working on a school project.
	2003 Hit Squad
	2005 Nannycatch Chronicles (with Bruce McBay)
	2006 Safe House
	2007 Payback
	2009 Bank Job
	2011 Fit to Kill
	2013 A Woman Scorned
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Awards

• Arthur Ellis Awards: Juvenile
  • 1995 – Torn Away – Winner

• Arthur Ellis Awards: Novella
  • 2014 – A Woman Scorned – Shortlisted

• Golden Oak Award
  • 2008 – Safe House – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Awards: Children's Literature
  • 1997 – Wish Me Luck – Shortlisted

• Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Fiction
  • 2004 – Flood – Shortlisted

• Red Maple Award
  • 2003 – Flood – Shortlisted
  • 2004 – Waiting for Sarah – Shortlisted
  • 2009 – Payback – Shortlisted

• Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
  • 1995 – Torn Away – Shortlisted
  • 1998 – Wish Me Luck – Winner
  • 2001 – The Grave – Winner
  • 2003 – Flood – Winner
  • 2007 – Safe House – Shortlisted

• White Pine Award
  • 2002 – The Grave – Shortlisted

Series

• The O'Brien Detective Agency Series
  1. The Case of the Marmalade Cat
  2. The Trail of the Chocolate Thief
  3. The Mystery of the Gold Ring
  4. The Case of the Blue Racoon

Links

• Official site

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Added 27 March 2009.
Updated 01 June 2014.