Tabitha Suzuma

Infobox Writer
name = Tabitha Suzuma


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birthname = Tabitha Sayo Victoria Anne Suzuma
birthdate = birth year and age|1975
birthplace = London, United Kingdom
occupation = Author
nationality = British
period = 2006 - present
genre = Fiction, Young adult fiction, Children's literature
website = http://www.tabithasuzuma.com/

Tabitha Suzuma (born London, 1975) is a British writer.

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 and was a terrible pupil. She hated school, refused to work and sat at the back of the class, writing stories. When she was fourteen, she just stopped going to school - much to her teachers' relief and her parents' anguish. Ten years on she returned to the classroom, this time as a Year 1 teacher.At this point she wrote her first book, "A Note of Madness". She went on to write two more books for teenagers: "From Where I Stand" and "A Voice in the Distance", followed by a children's book, "Without Looking Back". She now divides her time between writing and peripatetic teaching and is branching out into adult fiction. She has recently completed two novels for adults: "Maya" and "All This I Vow". Tabitha has been nominated for 10 book awards [ [http://www.tabithasuzuma.com Tabitha Suzuma's Official Website] ] .

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)

Children's novels

*"Without Looking Back" (Random House, forthcoming Jan 2009)

Adult novels

*"All This I Vow" (not yet published)
*"Maya" (not yet published)

Awards

*2006 "A Note of Madness" shortlisted for the Times Educational Supplement NASEN Book Award
*2007 "A Note of Madness" shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award [ [http://www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/BBA/BBA%202007/bba2007shortlist.html Branford Boase Award 2007 shortlist] ]
*2008 "A Note of Madness" nominated for the YoungMinds Book Award [ [http://www.youngminds.org.uk/about-ym/youngminds-book-award/the-books The YoungMinds Book Award] ]
*2008 "From Where I Stand" nominated for the Carnegie Medal [ [http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway website] ]
*2008 "From Where I Stand" nominated for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize
*2008 "From Where I Stand" shortlisted for the YoungMinds Book Award [ [http://www.youngminds.org.uk/about-ym/youngminds-book-award/the-books The YoungMinds Book Award] ]
*2008 "From Where I Stand" shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year [ [http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/services/children/cboty/default_new.asp Lancashire Children's Book of the Year] ]
*2008 "From Where I Stand" shortlisted for the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award [ [http://www.northlan.gov.uk/your+council/news/latest+news/world+book+day+provides+catalyst+to+book+award.html The Catalyst Prize 2008] ]
*2008 "From Where I Stand" winner of the Stockport Schools Book Award [ [http://www.stockport.gov.uk/content/leisureculture/libraries/schoollibraryservice/stockportschoolsbookaward/?a=5441 The Stockport Schools Book Award 2008] ]
*2008 "Without Looking Back" nominated for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

References

External links

* [http://www.tabithasuzuma.com Official Website]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1853134,00.html The Lost Chord (The Guardian)]
* [http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/893458/depressed_dont_suffer_in_silence/index.html Depressed? Don't Suffer in Silence (The Daily Record, Glasgow)]