Winner of the 28th Annual 3-Day Novel Contest

"A thorough delight that will make you laugh out loud."
--Bay Area Reporter

"Each character is brilliantly drawn, with never a thought or action that doesn't ring true. ...An eminently readable, often hilarious book."
--Broken Pencil

"Underwood slowly unravels the story, revealing a little bit more with every page until the picture is complete...great for reading on a train or in a café."
-- Trashionista.com

"These funny and believable characters sparkle."
--Geist magazine

"Zestful and funny...Do yourself a favor: treat yourself to Day Shift Werewolf."
--The Bookmonger

Listen to the podcast! Click the link for an interview with Jan Underwood for Authors in Your Pocket (links to podcast in various formats is about halfway down the page).

About the Book
It’s not always easy to scare up a living. Warren, an unproductive, non-careerist werewolf, has been demoted to a very undesirable work schedule: the day shift. Is it the end of Warren’s career, or a chance to muzzle out his true identity? Day Shift Werewolf is about the underdogs of horror: a claustrophobic mummy, a free-wheeling zombie, a demon with a hidden human and other incompetent monsters who find new truths to life on the dark side.

About the author
Jan Underwood was born in Pennsylvania, has lived in Canada, Mexico and France, and now makes her home with her daughter in Portland, Oregon. She teaches Spanish at a community college and writes, acts and plays piano in her spare time. Day Shift Werewolf is her first novel.

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2005 2nd Prize Winner

Skunks I Have Loved by Srividya Natarajan (London, Ontario)

2005 3rd Prize Winner

Basement Fishing by Terry Dove (Vancouver, British Columbia)

2005 Shortlisted Novelists

• Emily Anderson and Zach Scott, Chicago, Illinois
• Manuel Azuaje, Edmonton, Alberta
• Elizabeth Bachinsky and Amber Dawn, Maple Ridge/Vancouver, British Columbia
• Matthew Claxton, Langley, British Columbia
• James Dallas Smith and Adam Sikora, Oshawa, Ontario
• Jessica Darago, Arlington, Virginia
• Eric Howerton, Nashville, Tennessee
• Nicolas Milligan, Hinton, Alberta
• Patricia Morningstar, Falls Church, Virginia
• Griffith Owain, Toronto, Ontario
• Jason Pearce, Richmond, Ontario
• Kristin Sumner, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Heather and Wes Wardell, Markham, Ontario
• Robert Weston, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Joe Wiebe, Vancouver, British Columbia