James Heneghan

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. He immigrated to Canada in 1957 and became a naturalized citizen in 1963.

Heneghan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University in 1971. He worked as a police officer in Liverpool as a fingerprint specialist for twelve years before teaching English at Burnaby High School in Burnaby for twenty years.

Heneghan had four children: Ann, Robert, John, and Leah.

He died 23 April 2021 in Vancouver.

Awards and honours
The Grave is a Junior Library Guild book.

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)