Tabitha Suzuma
Tabitha Suzuma (born London, 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, hated school, refused to work and sat at the back of the class, writing stories. When she was fourteen, she just stopped going to school - much to her teachers' relief and her parents' anguish. Ten years on she returned to the classroom, this time as a Year 1 teacher. At this point she wrote her first novel, A Note of Madness. She went on to write three more novels for young adults: From Where I Stand, A Voice in the Distance and Without Looking Back. Her latest novel, Forbidden, is an incestuous love story between a brother and sister. She is currently working on her sixth novel.[1]
Bibliography
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)
Awards
- 2006 A Note of Madness shortlisted for the Times Educational Supplement NASEN Book Award
- 2007 A Note of Madness shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award[2]
- 2008 A Note of Madness nominated for the Young Minds Book Award
- 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 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year[5]
- 2008 From Where I Stand shortlisted for the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award[6]
- 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize
- 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Carnegie Medal[7]
- 2008 Without Looking Back nominated for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize
- 2009 A Voice in the Distance nominated for the UKLA Children's Book Award
- 2008 From Where I Stand shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year[8]
- 2009 Without Looking Back shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Award[9][10]
- 2010 Without Looking Back shortlisted for the Stockport Schools Book Award[11]
- 2011 Forbidden nominated for the Carnegie Medal[12]
- 2011 Proibito winner of the Premio Speciale Cariparma for European Literature 2011[13]
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London, United Kingdom |
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