Tabitha Suzuma
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| Born | Tabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma February 2, 1975 London, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Period | 2006–present |
| Genre | Fiction, Young adult fiction, Children's literature |
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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
[edit | edit source]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
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Young Adult novels
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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]
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External links
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Alumni of King's College London
- British Asian writers
- British women writers of young adult literature
- English people of Japanese descent
- English women children's writers
- English women novelists
- Novelists from London
- People educated at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
- Schoolteachers from London
- Writers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham