Tabitha Suzuma

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. 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 ==

• 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 == References ==