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Tom Crewe
Born1989 (age 34–35)
Middlesbrough, England
OccupationAuthor and historian
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Notable worksThe New Life (2023)
Notable awardsSunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (2023)
Website
tomcrewe.com

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,[1] an honour presented every ten years "to the twenty most significant British novelists under forty."[2] The Observer included Crewe in their list of the ten best new novelists of 2023.[3]

Biography

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Crewe was born in 1989 in Middlesbrough.[4] He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in nineteenth-century British history from the University of Cambridge.[4][5] He has served as an editor at the London Review of Books since 2015.[4][6] He has contributed to the London Review of Books,[7] The Telegraph,[8] 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.[4] It won the 2023 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award[9] and was shortlisted for the 2024 Walter Scott Prize.[10]

Awards

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Year Work Award Category Result Ref
2023 The New Life HWA Crown Awards Debut Longlisted [11]
Nero Book Awards Debut Fiction Shortlisted [12]
Orwell Prize Political Fiction Won [13]
Polari Prize First Book Shortlisted [14]
South Bank Sky Arts Awards Literature Won [15]
Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award — Won [16]
2024 Betty Trask Prize and Awards Betty Trask Prize Won [17]
Walter Scott Prize — Shortlisted [18]

Publications

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  • —— (2023). The New Life (US hardcover 1st ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 9781668000830.

References

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  1. ^ Schaub, Michael (13 April 2023). "'Granta' Names 20 Best Young British Novelists". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Best of Young British Novelists 5". Granta. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Meet the 10 best new novelists for 2023". The Observer. 8 January 2023. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Tom Crewe". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ Kispert, Peter (3 January 2023). "The Gay Rights Movement Before the Gay Rights Movement". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. ^ Krohn, Suzanne (31 August 2022). "Tom Crewe: Imagining a 'New Life' for Gay History". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Tom Crewe". London Review of Books. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Tom Crewe". The Telegraph. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Crewe wins 2023 Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award". Books+Publishing. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Tom Crewe, Katherine Rundell, Clare Bucknell & Dan Stone longlisted for the HWA Crown Awards 2023". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  12. ^ "2023 SHORTLIST". Nero Book Awards. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Winners of The Orwell Prize 2023 revealed in a record five categories | The Orwell Foundation". www.orwellfoundation.com. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Stuart, Armfield and Crewe shortlisted for Polari Prize 2023". The Bookseller. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  15. ^ "South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2023 – Full List of Winners | West End Theatre". www.westendtheatre.com. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  16. ^ Anderson, Porter (20 March 2024). "Tom Crewe Wins the Sunday Times' Young Writer Award". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Betty Trask Prize - The Society of Authors". 8 May 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Winners of The Orwell Prize 2023 revealed in a record five categories | The Orwell Foundation". www.orwellfoundation.com. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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