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 46)
London, England
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
Period2006–present
GenreFiction, Young adult fiction, Children's literature
Website
www.tabithasuzuma.com

Tabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma (born 2 February 1975) is a British writer.

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 Lycée, 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[]

  • 2008 From Where I Stand winner of the Young Minds Book Award [1]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand winner of the Stockport Schools Book Award [2]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand shortlisted for the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award [3]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize[4]
  • 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Carnegie Medal[5]
  • 2008 Without Looking Back nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize[6]
  • 2009 A Voice in the Distance nominated for the UKLA Children's Book Award [7]
  • 2008 A Voice in the Distance shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year[8]
  • 2009 Without Looking Back shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Award [9]
  • 2010 Without Looking Back shortlisted for the Stockport Schools Book Award [10]
  • 2011 Forbidden nominated for the Carnegie Medal[11]
  • 2011 Proibito/Forbidden winner of the Premio Speciale Cariparma for European Literature 2011 [12]
  • 2015 Hurt nominated for the Carnegie Medal[13]

References[]

  1. ^ http://evewhite.co.uk/tabitha-wins-young-minds
  2. ^ https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Stockport+Schools%27+Award
  3. ^ https://olhs.wordpress.com/tag/catalyst-awards/page/1/
  4. ^ https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Waterstone%27s+Children%27s+Book+Prize+Nominee
  5. ^ https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Carnegie+Medal+Nominee
  6. ^ https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Waterstone%27s+Children%27s+Book+Prize+Nominee
  7. ^ http://evewhite.co.uk/tabitha-longlisted/
  8. ^ https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Lancashire+Book+of+the+Year+Shortlist
  9. ^ http://evewhite.co.uk/tabitha-shortlisted/
  10. ^ https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Stockport+Schools%27+Award+Shortlist
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ [2]
  13. ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/children_sbookreviews/11173801/Carnegie-Medal-2015-nominations-announced.html

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