Matthew Beaumont is a British novelist and former copywriter.
Beaumont made his debut in 2000 with the comic novel, e. The Novel of Liars, Lunch and Lost Knickers, which consists entirely of e-mails composed by the staff of one advertising office. A recent example of an epistolary novel, it is generally recognised as one of the first e-mail novels.
For the BBC, Beaumont created the storyline of the alternate reality game, Jamie Kane (2005).
Novels
- e (2000)
- The e Before Christmas (2000)
- The Book, the Film, the T-shirt (2002)
- Staying Alive (2004)
- Where There's a Will (2007)
- Small World (2008)
- e Squared (2009)
See also
- Carl Steadman's "Two Solitudes", a 1995 e-mail story
- List of contemporary epistolary novels.
References
- "Matthew Beaumont Biography". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
- Forshaw, Barry. "e: A Novel (Paperback)". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
- "Jamie Kane". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 August 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
- "BBC Plans A Mainstream ARG for UK Audience". deaddrop. Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2005.
External links
- Let's Talk About Me, the official web site for Maria and Matt Beaumont
- An interview with Matt Beaumont from bookmunch.co.ok