Jobling also worked on Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks 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 his debut novel about a teenager who learns he is a werewolf.
He is one of nine authors, including previous nominee Ruth Eastham, who are up for the £5,000 prize.
Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne will announce the winner on 9 February.
Now in its seventh year, the prize is open to authors writing for 7-13 year-olds who have written two fiction titles or less.
Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari
The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
The Pain Merchants: The Healing Wars by Janice Hardy
Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain Machine by Anna Kemp
A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Past winners include The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding and last year’s winner, The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies.
This year’s crop of nominees includes debut novelist Irfan Master’s A Beautiful Lie, set in the time of Partition in India and Tall Story by Candy Gourlay, which tells the culture clash tale of a half brother and sister reunited after almost a decade of being separated from one another.
Sarah Clarke, children’s buying manager at Waterstone’s, called the list “one of the strongest shortlists we’ve seen”.
She added: “From titles grounded in reality with complex plots and strong emotional narratives, to pure escapism with fantastical tales of werewolves and magician’s assistants, there is something for everyone on this list.”
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