JAMES HENEGHAN

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 Working with a colleague, he began to write unpublished stories for his students who were reluctant readers.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.

Awards

• 1994 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Mystery Novel for Torn Away.

Selected Bibliography

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

Prepared 15.06.96