Tabitha Suzuma

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Tabitha Suzuma
Suzuma in 2010
Suzuma in 2010
BornTabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma
(1975-02-02) February 2, 1975 (age 50)
London, England
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Alma materKing's College London
Period2006–present
GenreFiction, Young adult fiction, Children's literature
Website
www.tabithasuzuma.com

Tabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma is a British writer. She was born in 1975 and lives in London. She used to work as a primary school teacher and now divides her time between writing and tutoring. She is known for her novel Forbidden which is based on a taboo relationship between brother and sister.

Biography

Tabitha Suzuma was born in West London in 1975 to an English mother and a Japanese father, the eldest of five children. She went to the French Lycée until age fourteen. She graduated from King's College London with a degree in French literature.[1]

Years later, Suzuma became a teacher and wrote her first novel, A Note of Madness. She has since written five more novels for young adults. Her fifth novel, Forbidden, is an incestuous love story between a brother and sister. Her most recent novel was published in 2013.

Bibliography

FORBIDDEN by Tabitha Suzuma

Young Adult novels

  • A Note of Madness (Random House, 2006)
  • From Where I Stand (Random House, 2007)
  • A Voice in the Distance (Random House, 2008)
  • Without Looking Back (Random House, 2009)
  • Forbidden (Random House, 2010)
  • Hurt (Random House, 2013)

Awards

  • 2007 A Note of Madness shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award [2]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand winner of the Young Minds Book Award [3]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand winner of the Stockport Schools Book Award [4]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand shortlisted for the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award [5]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize[6]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Carnegie Medal[7]
  • 2008 Without Looking Back nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize[8]
  • 2009 A Voice in the Distance nominated for the UKLA Children's Book Award [9]
  • 2008 A Voice in the Distance shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year[10]
  • 2009 Without Looking Back shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Award [11]
  • 2010 Without Looking Back shortlisted for the Stockport Schools Book Award [12]
  • 2011 Forbidden nominated for the Carnegie Medal[13]
  • 2011 Proibito/Forbidden winner of the Premio Speciale Cariparma for European Literature 2011 [14]
  • 2015 Hurt nominated for the Carnegie Medal[15]

References

  1. ^ "Tabitha Suzuma - Author of YA and teen fiction, published in the UK by Penguin Random House". Society of Authors. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Previous Winners – the Branford Boase Award and the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition".
  3. ^ "Tabitha Wins Young Minds". 18 November 2008.
  4. ^ "Stockport Schools' Award | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  5. ^ "Catalyst Awards".
  6. ^ "Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  7. ^ "Carnegie Medal Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  8. ^ "Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  9. ^ "Tabitha Longlisted". 24 October 2008.
  10. ^ "Lancashire Book of the Year Shortlist | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  11. ^ "Tabitha Shortlisted". 25 August 2009.
  12. ^ "Stockport Schools' Award Shortlist | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  13. ^ "Carnegie Nomination". 25 November 2010.
  14. ^ "Premio Speciale Cariparma Winners".
  15. ^ "Carnegie Medal 2015 nominations announced".
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