The million-selling ‘Wereworld’ series of novels is now a major new animated show for NETFLIX, produced by Lime Pictures and Jellyfish Pictures. Curtis has remained actively involved throughout the production, adapting all six novels as lead writer and associate producer. ‘Wereworld’ is broadcast globally by Netflix in 2023.
Emma Jobling is a freelance proof reader and copy-editor, working with many of the UK's leading children's publishing houses on numerous international bestselling titles. Clients include Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Scholastic, Egmont and OUP. She thinks that reading children’s books is quite possibly the best job she’s ever had.
Curtis Jobling
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Curtis Jobling is the designer of worldwide hit children's television show 'Bob the Builder', and the author/illustrator of numerous children’s books. He lives with his wife, Emma, in Cheshire, England, along with a menagerie of children and pets. Early work on ‘Wallace & Gromit’ and ‘Mars Attacks!’ led to Curtis picking up his crayons in 1997 to design the BAFTA winning ‘Bob’. His own animated series, ‘Frankenstein’s Cat’ and ‘Raa Raa the Noisy Lion’, can both be seen on the BBC.
Although renowned for his work in film & TV, Curtis’s true love has always been horror and fantasy for older audiences. His acclaimed best-selling series of epic fantasy novels, ‘Wereworld', was published by Penguin worldwide, while his darkly comic young adult thrillers, 'Haunt: Dead Scared' and ‘Haunt: Dead Wrong’ were published by Simon & Schuster in the UK. His middle-grade novels, 'Max Helsing & The Thirteenth Curse' and ‘Max Helsing & The Beast of Bone Creek’ are published by Viking in the US and Orchard in the UK.
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