Place of birth: United Kingdom
Place of residence: Vancouver, British Columbia
James Heneghan emigrated to Canada in 1957, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1963. Some of his Canadian experiences include working as a fingerprint specialist with the Vancouver police, earning a degree at Simon Fraser University, and teaching high-school English in Burnaby. Working with a colleague, he began to write unpublished stories for his students who were reluctant readers. The aim was to create characters, settings, and situations which would be familiar enough to appeal to the students. In his most recent novel, the award-winning Torn Away, he was able to draw on his police experience, his Irish background, as well as his knowledge of British Columbia to create a fast-paced adventure story for young people. Now a full-time writer, Mr. Heneghan still finds time for reading, jogging, walking in Vancouver's Stanley Park and travelling.
Blue. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, c1991.
140 p.; 20 cm.
ISBN 059074044X
The Case of the Marmalade Cat. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, c1991.
86 p.; 20 cm.
ISBN 0590738240
ISBN 0590738496 (cassette)
Goodbye, Carleton High. Written by James Heneghan and B. McVay under pen name B.J. Bond. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic-TAB, 1983.
131 p.; 18 cm.
ISBN 0590711245
The Mystery of the Golden Ring. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, 1995.
131 p.: port.; 20 cm.
ISBN 0590246232
Promises to Come. Toronto: Overlea House, 1988.
189 p.; 18 cm.
ISBN 0717222977
Puffin Rock. Written by James Heneghan and Bruce McBay; illustrated by Vesna Krstanovich. Agincourt, Ont.: Book Society of Canada, 1980.
103 p.: ill.; 21 cm.
ISBN 0772550700
Torn Away: A Novel. New York: Viking, 1994.
185 p.; 22 cm.
ISBN 0670851809
The Trail of the Chocolate Thief. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Scholastic Canada, c1993.
119 p.: 1 port.; 19 cm.
ISBN 059074514X
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