Tom Crewe is an English novelist, celebrated for his 2023 debut novel, The New Life. His work has garnered significant attention, earning him a spot on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list in April 2023, a prestigious recognition given every ten years to the twenty most promising British novelists under the age of forty. Additionally, The Observer recognized Crewe's talent, naming him among the ten best new novelists of the year.

Crewe was born in Middlesbrough and pursued academic excellence, achieving a PhD in nineteenth-century British history from the University of Cambridge. Since 2015, he has been an influential figure at the London Review of Books, where he serves as an editor and contributes thoughtful essays on politics, art, history, and fiction.

Crewe's literary journey is marked by his dedication to storytelling, as he states, 'This is the book I knew I wanted to write long before I actually wrote it. I hope it reveals to readers an unfamiliar Victorian England that will surprise and provoke, inhabited by a generation in the process of discovering the nature and limits of personal freedom, struggling to create a better world as the twentieth century comes into view.'