James Heneghan (7 October 1930 – 23 April 2021), who has also written under the joint pseudonym B. J. Bond, was a British-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.
Biography
Heneghan was born 7 October 1930 in Liverpool to John and Ann (née Fitzgerald) Heneghan.
Awards and honours
The Grave is a Junior Library Guild book.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Awards for Heneghan's writing
!Year
!Title
!Award
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|1993
|Drifting Snow
|Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature
|Finalist
|
|-
|1995
|Torn Away
|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book
|Winner
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |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
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2001
|
|Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
|Winner
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2003
|Flood
|Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
|Winner
|
|-
|2004
|Flood
|Chocolate Lily Young Readers' Choice Award: Chapter Book/Novel
|Winner
|
|-
|2005
|Waiting for Sarah
|Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
|Winner
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2007
|Safe House
|Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
|Finalist
|
|-
|2014
|
|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novella
|Shortlist
|
|-
|2017
|Wish Me Luck
|Phoenix Award
|Winner
|
|-
|2010
|Bank Job
|Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel
|Nominee
|
|}
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)