Tabitha Suzuma
Tabitha Suzuma (born 2 February 1975, in London) is a British writer.
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| Born | Tabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma February 2, 1975 London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 2006–present |
| Genre | Fiction, Young adult fiction, Children's literature |
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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
- http://evewhite.co.uk/tabitha-wins-young-minds
- https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Stockport+Schools%27+Award
- https://olhs.wordpress.com/tag/catalyst-awards/page/1/
- https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Waterstone%27s+Children%27s+Book+Prize+Nominee
- https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Carnegie+Medal+Nominee
- https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Waterstone%27s+Children%27s+Book+Prize+Nominee
- http://evewhite.co.uk/tabitha-longlisted/
- https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Lancashire+Book+of+the+Year+Shortlist
- http://evewhite.co.uk/tabitha-shortlisted/
- https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Stockport+Schools%27+Award+Shortlist
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/children_sbookreviews/11173801/Carnegie-Medal-2015-nominations-announced.html
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- https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1068792/tabitha-suzuma.html?tab=penguin-biography Author profile at Penguin]
- The Lost Chord (The Guardian)
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