Tom Crewe
{{Short description|English novelist (born 1989)}}
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{{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,{{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}} 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 |language=en-US}} 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 |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.{{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 degree in nineteenth-century British history from the 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 |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 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}} 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 |language=en-GB}} The 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 |date=10 January 2023 |language=en}} 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. It won the 2023 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken 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.{{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
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
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External links
- [https://www.tomcrewe.com/ Official website]
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Category:21st-century English novelists