James Heneghan

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Biography

Heneghan was born 7 October 1930 in Liverpool to John and Ann (née Fitzgerald) Heneghan.[1] He immigrated to Canada in 1957 and became a naturalized citizen in 1963.[1]

Heneghan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in 1971.[1] 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.[1]

Heneghan had four children: Ann, Robert, John, and Leah.[1]

He died 23 April 2021 in Vancouver.[3][4]

Awards and honours

The Grave is a Junior Library Guild book.[5]

Awards for Heneghan's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1993 Drifting Snow Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature Finalist [6]
1995 Torn Away Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book Winner [7][8]
1995 Torn Away Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Finalist
1997 Wish Me Luck Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature Finalist [6]
1998 Wish Me Luck Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Winner [9]
2001 Script error: No such module "sort". Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Winner [10]
2003 Flood Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Winner [11]
2004 Flood Chocolate Lily Young Readers' Choice Award: Chapter Book/Novel Winner [12][13]
2005 Waiting for Sarah Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Winner [14]
2007 Safe House Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize Finalist
2014 Script error: No such module "sort". Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novella Shortlist [15]
2017 Wish Me Luck Phoenix Award Winner [16]
2010 Bank Job Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel Nominee [17]

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)

References

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