Tabitha Suzuma

Tabitha Suzuma

Born	Tabitha Victoria Anne Suzuma 1975 (age 41–42) London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Author
Nationality	British
Period	2006 - present
Genre	Fiction, Young adult fiction, Children's literature
Website
www.tabithasuzuma.com

Tabitha Suzuma (born February 2, 1975, in London) 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 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.

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

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

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