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Quick facts for kids Tabitha Suzuma
Suzuma in 2010
Born	Tabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma (1975-02-02) February 2, 1975 (age 49) 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 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 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