{{Short description|English novelist (born 1989)}} {{Use British English|date=June 2024}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox Author | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1989}} | birth_place = Middlesbrough, England | occupation = Author and historian | nationality = | alma_mater = University of Cambridge | notable_works = ''The New Life'' (2023) | website = {{URL|tomcrewe.com/}} | awards = Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (2023) | name = Tom Crewe }}

'''Tom Crewe''' (born 1989) is an English novelist, best known for his 2023 debut novel, ''The New Life.'' In April 2023, ''Granta'' included Crewe on their "Best of Young British Novelists" list,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2023-04-13 |title='Granta' Names 20 Best Young British Novelists |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/granta-names-20-best-young-british-novelists/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> an honour presented every ten years "to the twenty most significant British novelists under forty."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best of Young British Novelists 5 |url=https://granta.com/best-of-young/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Granta |language=en-US}}</ref> ''The Observer'' included Crewe in their list of the ten best new novelists of 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-01-08 |title=Meet the 10 best new novelists for 2023 |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/08/meet-the-10-best-new-novelists-for-2023 |access-date=2023-04-14 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

== Biography == Crewe was born in 1989 in Middlesbrough.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tom Crewe |url=https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/crewe-tom/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=RCW Literary Agency |language=en}}</ref> He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in nineteenth-century British history from the University of Cambridge.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kispert |first=Peter |date=2023-01-03 |title=The Gay Rights Movement Before the Gay Rights Movement |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/books/review/the-new-life-tom-crewe.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He has served as an editor at the ''London Review of Books'' since 2015.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krohn |first=Suzanne |date=2022-08-31 |title=Tom Crewe: Imagining a 'New Life' for Gay History |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/max-issue.html?issue=488 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> He has contributed to the ''London Review of Books'',<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Tom Crewe |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/contributors/tom-crewe |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=London Review of Books |language=en-GB}}</ref> ''The Telegraph'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Crewe |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/t/tk-to/tom-crewe/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=The Telegraph |date=10 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and other major outlets.

His debut novel, ''The New Life'', was published January 2023 by Chatto & Windus and Scribner. It is also set to be published in French, German, Spanish, and Dutch.<ref name=":0" /> It won the 2023 ''Sunday Times'' Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Crewe wins 2023 Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/03/20/249083/crewe-wins-2023-charlotte-aitken-young-writer-of-the-year-award/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the 2024 Walter Scott Prize.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-02 |title=Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/05/02/251309/walter-scott-prize-2024-shortlist-announced/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}</ref>

== Awards == {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Work !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Ref |- ! rowspan=6 | 2023 | rowspan="8" | ''The New Life'' | HWA Crown Awards || Debut || {{nom|Longlisted}} || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Crewe, Katherine Rundell, Clare Bucknell & Dan Stone longlisted for the HWA Crown Awards 2023 |url=https://www.rcwlitagency.com/news/tom-crewe-katherine-rundell-clare-bucknell-dan-stone-longlisted-for-the-hwa-crown-awards-2023/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=RCW Literary Agency |language=en}}</ref> |- | Nero Book Awards|| Debut Fiction || {{sho}} || <ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 SHORTLIST |url=https://nerobookawards.com/2023shortlist/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Nero Book Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | Orwell Prize || Political Fiction|| {{won}} || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners of The Orwell Prize 2023 revealed in a record five categories {{!}} The Orwell Foundation |url=https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/news-events/news-events/news/the-orwell-prize-2023-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.orwellfoundation.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | Polari Prize|| First Book|| {{sho}} || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Stuart, Armfield and Crewe shortlisted for Polari Prize 2023 |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/stuart-armfield-and-crewe-shortlisted-for-polari-prize-2023#:~:text=Booker%20Prize%20winner%20Douglas%20Stuart,with%20two%20nods%20for%20Picador. |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}</ref> |- | South Bank Sky Arts Awards|| Literature || {{Won}} |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-02 |title=South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2023 – Full List of Winners {{!}} West End Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/178975/news/awards/south-bank-sky-arts-awards-2023-full-list-of-winners/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | ''Sunday Times'' Young Writer of the Year Award|| — || {{won}} || <ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Porter |date=2024-03-20 |title=Tom Crewe Wins the Sunday Times' Young Writer Award |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/03/london-tom-crewe-wins-the-sunday-times-young-writer-award/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | 2024 | Betty Trask Prize and Awards || Betty Trask Prize|| {{won}} || <ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-08 |title=Betty Trask Prize - The Society of Authors |url=https://societyofauthors.org/prizes/the-soa-awards/betty-trask-prize-awards/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | Walter Scott Prize|| — || {{sho}} || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners of The Orwell Prize 2023 revealed in a record five categories {{!}} The Orwell Foundation |url=https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/news-events/news-events/news/the-orwell-prize-2023-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.orwellfoundation.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> |}

== Publications ==

* {{Cite book |last=Crewe |title=The New Life |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |year=2023 |isbn=9781668000830 |edition=US hardcover 1st |location=New York |author-mask=2}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.tomcrewe.com/ Official website]

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