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.
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| Born | Tabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma February 2, 1975 London, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 2006–present |
| Genre | Fiction, Young adult fiction, Children's literature |
| Website | |
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Biography
editTabitha 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
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Young Adult novels
edit- 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- 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
edit- ^ "Previous Winners – the Branford Boase Award and the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition".
- ^ "Tabitha Wins Young Minds". 18 November 2008.
- ^ "Stockport Schools' Award | Book awards | LibraryThing".
- ^ "Catalyst Awards".
- ^ "Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
- ^ "Carnegie Medal Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
- ^ "Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Nominee | Book awards | LibraryThing".
- ^ "Tabitha Longlisted". 24 October 2008.
- ^ "Lancashire Book of the Year Shortlist | Book awards | LibraryThing".
- ^ "Tabitha Shortlisted". 25 August 2009.
- ^ "Stockport Schools' Award Shortlist | Book awards | LibraryThing".
- ^ "Carnegie Nomination". 25 November 2010.
- ^ "Premio Speciale Cariparma Winners".
- ^ "Carnegie Medal 2015 nominations announced".
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