Eve White: Literary Agent

Tabitha Suzuma

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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, shortlisted for The Branford Boase Book Award 2007. She went on to write two more books for teenagers: From Where I Stand, longlisted for the Canegie Medal 2008, and A Voice in the Distance, out May '08. She also wrote a book for 9-12s: Without Looking Back, out May '09. 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.

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