Matt Beaumont

Matthew Beaumont is a British novelist ^[1] 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. ^[2]

For the BBC, Beaumont created the storyline of the alternate reality game, Jamie Kane (2005). ^{[3] [4]}

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 (2010)

See also

• Carl Steadman's "Two Solitudes", a 1995 e-mail story
• List of contemporary epistolary novels.

References

1. "Matthew Beaumont Biography". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
2. Forshaw, Barry. "e: A Novel (Paperback)". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
3. "Jamie Kane". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 August 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
4. "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