Matthew Beaumont is a British novelist and former copywriter.

Beaumont made his debut in 2000 with the comic novel

Comic novel

A comic novel is a work of fiction in which the writer not only seeks to amuse the reader, but also to make the reader think about controversial issues, sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative; sometimes, above all other considerations...

, e. The Novel of Liars, Lunch and Lost Knickers

E (novel)

e is a comic novel by Matt Beaumont first published in 2000. Written in the epistolary tradition, it consists entirely of e-mails written between the employees of an advertising agency and some of their business partners...

, which consists entirely of e-mails composed by the staff of one advertising office. A recent example of an epistolary novel

Epistolary novel

An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents are sometimes used. Recently, electronic "documents" such as recordings and radio, blogs, and e-mails have also come into use...

, it is generally recognised as one of the first e-mail novels.

For the BBC

BBC

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, Beaumont created the storyline of the alternate reality game, Jamie Kane

Jamie Kane

Jamie Kane was an alternate reality game created by the British Broadcasting Corporation, aimed primarily at teens, aged 14 years to 18 years, appealing to both sexes due to its mix of mystery and drama. The game is named after the main character in it, a fictional pop star named "Jamie Kane"...

(2005).

He is married to novelist Maria Beaumont. They have two children and live in London.

Not to be confused with Matthew Beaumont, Senior Lecturer in English at University College London

University College London

University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...

.

Novels

• e
  E (novel)
  e is a comic novel by Matt Beaumont first published in 2000. Written in the epistolary tradition, it consists entirely of e-mails written between the employees of an advertising agency and some of their business partners...
  
  (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
  Small World (2008 novel)
  Small World is a novel by Matt Beaumont, published in 2008. It tells the story of a group of people living in North London as their paths cross and collide in unexpected ways, bringing a new layer to the sense of "six degrees of separation".-Characters:...
  
  (2008)
• e Squared (2009)

See also

• Carl Steadman
  Carl Steadman
  Carl Steadman is co-founder of suck.com, creator of several pieces of early web-savvy literature and current operator of plastic.com. He was also production director for HotWired....
  
  's "Two Solitudes", a 1995 e-mail story
• List of contemporary epistolary novels.

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