James Heneghan (7 October 1930 – 23 April 2021) was a British–Canadian author of children's and

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. Heneghan grew up

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, England, and emigrated to

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, British Columbia, in 1957, where he lived until his death on April 23, 2021. He earned Canadian citizenship in 1963.

Bibliography

*''Goodbye, Carleton High'' (1983) *''Promises to Come'' (1988) *''Blue'' (1991) *''Torn Away'' (1994) – winner 1995 Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Award. *''Wish Me Luck'' (1997) – nominated for the 1997 Governor General's Award Young People’s Literature – Text, winner 1998 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, winner Phoenix Award 2017. *''

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'' (2000) – winner 2001 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. *''Flood'' (2002) – winner 2004 Chocolate Lily Young Readers’ Choice Award, winner 2003 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. *''Hit Squad'' (2003) *''Waiting for Sarah'' (2003) – winner of the

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Young Readers' Choice Award. *''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

1930 births 2021 deaths Canadian male novelists Canadian children's writers English emigrants to Canada Writers from Liverpool {{Canada-writer-stub