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 Japanese father, the eldest of five children. She went to the French Lycée until age fourteen. She graduated from King's College London with a degree in French literature.[1]
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
FORBIDDEN by Tabitha Suzuma
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
2007A Note of Madness shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award [2]
2008From Where I Stand winner of the Young Minds Book Award [3]
2008From Where I Stand winner of the Stockport Schools Book Award [4]
2008From Where I Stand shortlisted for the North Lanarkshire Catalyst Book Award [5]
