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James Heneghan

Author

1202-168 Chadwick Court
North Vancouver, B.C.
V7M 3L4
Phone: (604) 983-2202
Fax: 983-2066
Email: jamesheneghan@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.jamesheneghan.com

Biography

James Heneghan immigrated to Canada from Liverpool, England in 1957. He settled in British Columbia, worked with the Vancouver Police Department as a Fingerprint Technician for 12 years, and then taught English in Burnaby high schools for 20 years. He has four children and two grandchildren. Many of his books for young people are award winners.

Published Works

Waiting For Sarah by Bruce McBay and James Heneghan, Orca, 2003. ISBN 1-55143-270-6
YA novel Flood, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, and Groundwood Books, 2001.
YA novel The Grave, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2000
YA novel Promises to Come, Kits House, 1897 W 2 Ave., Vanc. BC V6J 1J1, 1988 & 1998
YA novel Wish Me Luck, Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1997. ISBN 0-374-38453-3, Bantam/Laurel Leaf paperback edition, 1998, ISBN 0-440-22764-X
The Case of the Blue Raccoon, 1996, Scholastic Canada. ISBN 0-590-24934-7
The Mystery of the Gold Ring, Scholastic Canada, 1995. ISBN 0-590-24623-2
YA novel Torn Away, Viking, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-670-85180-9
The Trail of the Chocolate Thief, Scholastic Canada, 1993. ISBN 0-590-74514-X
The Case of the Marmalade Cat, Scholastic Canada, 1992. ISBN 0-590-73824-0.
Blue, Scholastic Canada, 1992. ISBN 0-590-74044-X.
YA novel Goodbye, Carleton High, Scholastic Canada, 1983, ISBN 0-590-71124 5
Puffin Rock, Book Society, Canada, 1980. ISBN 0-7725 5070-0.

Awards

The Grave: Winner of the Sheila Egoff award; Winner, Mr. Christie Silver Seal Award; New York Library Best Books 2000; Best SciFi List of Books, Voice of Youth Advocates; Junior Library Guild Pick; Nominated Keystone State, PA., Reading Assoc. YA award; Nominated Arthur Ellis Award; Nominated Geoffrey Bilson Award; Nominated Manitoba Young Readers Award
Wish Me Luck: Winner Sheila Egoff Award; nominated Governor General's Award; nominated Red Cedar Award; nominated Manitoba Young Readers Award. Publ. Germany, England, France.
Torn Away: Winner of the Arthur Ellis crime writing award; nominated for the Sheila Egoff Children's Literature Award. ALA list of Best Books for YA. Also published in Germany, 1996.

Other Memberships

TWUC, SCBWI, CWILL

Available For

Readings and Book Talks: Grades 6-12, and Adults