The designer of TV show Bob the Builder has made the shortlist for the annual Waterstone's Children's Book prize.
Curtis Jobling, who also worked as an animator on Wallace & Gromit's A Close Shave, is nominated for Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf, his debut novel about a teenager who learns he is a werewolf.
He is one of nine authors who are up for the £5,000 prize, now in its seventh year.
In addition to Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf (Puffin) the nine-strong list includes two from Bloomsbury: A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master and Mortlock by Jon Mayhew.
The other shortlisted titles are : Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari (Macmillan), The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham (Scholastic), Tall Story by Candy Gourlay (David Fickling Books) and The Pain Merchants: The Healing Wars by Janice Hardy (HarperCollins). The final titles are Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain Machine by Anna Kemp (Simon & Schuster) and When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Andersen Press).
Children's Laureate Anthony Browne will announce the winner on 9 February.
The prize is open to authors writing for 7-13 year-olds who have written two fiction titles or less.
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