Curtis Jobling Nominated for Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

The designer of children's television favourite Bob the Builder, Curtis Jobling was on 10 January 2011 nominated for Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.  Curtis Jobling’s first novel for children, Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf was one of the nominations for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize. The book is about a teenager struggling to deal with the knowledge that he is a werewolf. Curtis Jobling also worked as an animator on Wallace & Gromit's A Close Shave. Jobling signed a two two-book deal with publisher Puffin for his young adult series of fantasy horror books, Wereworld.

The other shorter children's books written by Jobling include Frankenstein's Cat, which became a popular TV series, as well as The Skeleton InThe Closet, My Daddy Is The Best In The Universe, Cheeky Monkey and Dinosaurs After Dark.

The nominees for Waterstone's prize also include Fantastic Frankie and the Brain Drain Machine which is set in the sinister Crammar Grammar boarding school and other nominated novels include stories of strife in partition-era India and war-torn Bosnia.