Tabitha Suzuma
Suzuma in 2010
Suzuma in 2010
BornTabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma
(1975-02-02) February 2, 1975
London, England
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
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 π™π™€π™§π™—π™žπ™™π™™π™šπ™£ which is based on a taboo relationship between brother and sister.

Biography

Tabitha Suzuma was born in London in 1975 to an English mother and a Japanese father, the eldest of five children. She went to the French LycΓ©e, but stopped attending school at age fourteen. Ten years later, she 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 [1]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand winner of the Young Minds Book Award [2]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand winner of the Stockport Schools Book Award [3]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand shortlisted for the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award [4]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize[5]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Carnegie Medal[6]
  • 2008 Without Looking Back nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize[7]
  • 2009 A Voice in the Distance nominated for the UKLA Children's Book Award [8]
  • 2008 A Voice in the Distance shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year[9]
  • 2009 Without Looking Back shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Award [10]
  • 2010 Without Looking Back shortlisted for the Stockport Schools Book Award [11]
  • 2011 Forbidden nominated for the Carnegie Medal[12]
  • 2011 Proibito/Forbidden winner of the Premio Speciale Cariparma for European Literature 2011 [13]
  • 2015 Hurt nominated for the Carnegie Medal[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Previous Winners – the Branford Boase Award and the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition".
  2. ↑ "Tabitha Wins Young Minds". 18 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Stockport Schools' Award | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  4. ↑ "Catalyst Awards".
  5. ↑ "Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  6. ↑ "Carnegie Medal Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  7. ↑ "Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  8. ↑ "Tabitha Longlisted". 24 October 2008.
  9. ↑ "Lancashire Book of the Year Shortlist | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  10. ↑ "Tabitha Shortlisted". 25 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Stockport Schools' Award Shortlist | Book awards | LibraryThing".
  12. ↑ "Carnegie Nomination". 25 November 2010.
  13. ↑ "Premio Speciale Cariparma Winners".
  14. ↑ "Carnegie Medal 2015 nominations announced".
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