Tabitha Suzuma facts for kids
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Tabitha Suzuma
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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 |
Tabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma is a British writer. She was born in 1975 and lives in London. She has always loved writing and would regularly get into trouble at the French Lycée for writing stories instead of listening in class. She used to work as a primary school teacher and now divides her time between writing and tutoring. Her first novel, A Note of Madness, was published to great critical acclaim. She is known for her novel 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 which is based on a taboo relationship between brother and sister.
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 most recent novel was published in 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 Waterstones Children's Book Prize
- 2008 From Where I Stand nominated for the Carnegie Medal
- 2008 Without Looking Back nominated for the Waterstones 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
- 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
