Irish author Roddy Doyle has a chance of completing a rare Booker-Carnegie double, having been announced as a finalist on the CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist with A Greyhound of a Girl.

The only other author to win both the Carnegie Medal for children's fiction and the Man Booker Prize for adult fiction was Dame Penelope Lively with The Ghost of Thomas Kempe and Moon Tiger respectively.

Doyle was awarded the Man Booker Prize in 1993, for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

The Carnegie Medal shortlist includes a number of well-praised tales that together cover subjects as diverse as the Haitan earthquake, a century-spanning love story, World War II spy missions, school bullying and a fantastical boat journey.

The Carnegie Medal is awarded to one book intended for children and young people, first published in the UK between September 2011 and August 2012, and published within 3 months of its release elsewhere if applicable. A winner, decided upon by a panel of 12 children's librarians, will be announced on June 19.