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Eleanor Crewes

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Eleanor Crewes is a graphic novelist who specialises in queer autofiction. Her debut graphic novel, The Times I Knew I Was Gay, was published in the UK by Virago and in the US by Scribner in 2020, and was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post and The Guardian. Her second graphic novel Lilla the Accidental Witch was published by Little, Brown Young Readers in 2021. She lives in London with her partner T and enjoys cooking her mother's Italian recipes. ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 10,784 ratings · 1,854 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Times I Knew I Was Gay 3.92 avg rating — 7,596 ratings — published 2020 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author), Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 2,593 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lilla the Accidental Witch 3.60 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts in My House 4.07 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Author and illustrator Alice Oseman is known to her long-time fans for her young adult novels about—as she calls them—"teenage disasters,"...

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Eleanor Crewes rated a book it was amazing Dark Matter by Michelle Paver	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Eleanor Crewes and 2 other people liked Celi's review of Ghosts in My House: "Gorgeously illustrated and utterly haunting! So many moments in this book (full pages, sequences of drawings, even a single word perfectly placed) possessed the uncanny ability to send shivers down my spine!! Such a perfect, eerie book to pick up for " Read more of this review »
Oct 26, 2026 06:51AM · see review
Eleanor Crewes made a comment on Mirna S’s review of The Tainted Cup (Ana and Din Mysteries, #1) " You hit the nail on how I feel about this book, I just couldn’t get through all the terminology and I’m not new to fantasy, felt like I’d missed a who ...more "
Sep 13, 2026 04:28AM · see review
Eleanor Crewes finished reading Double Booked by Lily Lindon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Mum...
I also wanted to tell you that...
I'M GAY!
I know you'll be here in a week, but it felt better letting you know like this...”
― Eleanor Crewes, Lilla the Accidental Witch

tags: gay, humor, lgbtq

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