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.

Biography

Tabitha Suzuma was born in West London in 1975 to an English mother and a

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father, the eldest of five children. She went to the French Lycée until age fourteen. She graduated from

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with a degree in French literature. Years later, Suzuma 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

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

*2007 ''A Note of Madness'' shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award *2008 ''From Where I Stand'' winner of the Young Minds Book Award *2008 ''From Where I Stand'' winner of the Stockport Schools Book Award *2008 ''From Where I Stand'' shortlisted for the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award *2008 ''From Where I Stand'' nominated for the

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*2008 ''From Where I Stand'' nominated for the Carnegie Medal *2008 ''Without Looking Back'' nominated for the

*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 *2009 ''Without Looking Back'' shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Award *2010 ''Without Looking Back'' shortlisted for the Stockport Schools Book Award *2011 ''Forbidden'' nominated for the Carnegie Medal *2011 ''Proibito/Forbidden'' winner of the Premio Speciale Cariparma for European Literature 2011 *2015 ''Hurt'' nominated for the Carnegie Medal

References

External links

Official Website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suzuma, Tabitha 1975 births Living people Alumni of King's College London British Asian writers British women writers of young adult literature English people of Japanese descent English women children's writers English women novelists Novelists from London People educated at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle Schoolteachers from London Writers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham