# Tom Crewe > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tom_Crewe > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tom_Crewe.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crewe > Source revision: 1257507901 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Middlesbrough%2C_England) | occupation = Author and historian | nationality = | alma_mater = [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) | notable_works = ''[The New Life](/source/The_New_Life_(Crewe_novel))'' (2023) | website = {{URL|tomcrewe.com/}} | awards = [Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award](/source/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](/source/The_New_Life_(Crewe_novel)).'' In April 2023, ''[Granta](/source/Granta)'' included Crewe on their "[Best of Young British Novelists](/source/Granta)" list,{{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](/source/Kirkus_Reviews) |language=en}} an honour presented every ten years "to the twenty most significant British novelists under forty."{{Cite web |title=Best of Young British Novelists 5 |url=https://granta.com/best-of-young/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=[Granta](/source/Granta) |language=en-US}} ''[The Observer](/source/The_Observer)'' included Crewe in their list of the ten best new novelists of 2023.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-01-08 |title=Meet the 10 best new novelists for 2023 |language=en-GB |work=[The Observer](/source/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}} == Biography == Crewe was born in 1989 in [Middlesbrough](/source/Middlesbrough).{{Cite web |title=Tom Crewe |url=https://www.rcwlitagency.com/authors/crewe-tom/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=RCW Literary Agency |language=en}} He received a [Doctor of Philosophy](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) degree in nineteenth-century British history from the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge).{{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](/source/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}} He has served as an editor at the ''[London Review of Books](/source/London_Review_of_Books)'' since 2015.{{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](/source/Shelf_Awareness)}} He has contributed to the ''London Review of Books'',{{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](/source/London_Review_of_Books) |language=en-GB}} [''The Telegraph''](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph),{{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](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=10 January 2023 |language=en}} and other major outlets. His debut novel, ''The New Life'', was published January 2023 by [Chatto & Windus](/source/Chatto_%26_Windus) and [Scribner](/source/Charles_Scribner's_Sons). It is also set to be published in French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. It won the 2023 [''Sunday Times'' Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award](/source/Sunday_Times_Young_Writer_of_the_Year_Award){{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}} and was shortlisted for the 2024 [Walter Scott Prize](/source/Walter_Scott_Prize).{{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}} == Awards == {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Work !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Ref |- ! rowspan=6 | 2023 | rowspan="8" | ''The New Life'' | HWA Crown Awards || Debut || {{nom|Longlisted}} || {{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}} |- | [Nero Book Awards](/source/Nero_Book_Awards)|| Debut Fiction || {{sho}} || {{Cite web |title=2023 SHORTLIST |url=https://nerobookawards.com/2023shortlist/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Nero Book Awards |language=en-GB}} |- | [Orwell Prize](/source/Orwell_Prize) || [Political Fiction](/source/Orwell_Prize)|| {{won}} || {{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}} |- | [Polari Prize](/source/Polari_Prize)|| [First Book](/source/Polari_Prize)|| {{sho}} || {{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}} |- | [South Bank Sky Arts Awards](/source/Sky_Arts_Awards)|| Literature || {{Won}} |{{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}} |- | [''Sunday Times'' Young Writer of the Year Award](/source/Sunday_Times_Young_Writer_of_the_Year_Award)|| — || {{won}} || {{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}} |- ! rowspan=2 | 2024 | [Betty Trask Prize and Awards](/source/Betty_Trask_Prize_and_Awards) || [Betty Trask Prize](/source/Betty_Trask_Prize_and_Awards)|| {{won}} || {{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}} |- | [Walter Scott Prize](/source/Walter_Scott_Prize)|| — || {{sho}} || {{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}} |} == Publications == * {{Cite book |last=Crewe |title=[The New Life](/source/The_New_Life_(Crewe_novel)) |publisher=[Charles Scribner's Sons](/source/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] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Crewe, Tom}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century English novelists Category:21st-century English male writers Category:People from Middlesbrough --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tom Crewe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crewe) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crewe?action=history)). 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