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

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in 1975 to an

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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

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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

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