Career
Beaumont made his debut in 2000 with the comic novel, est 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.
Foreign the British Broadcasting Corporation, Beaumont created the storyline of the alternate reality game, Jamie Kane (2005).
Beaumont is married to novelist Maria Beaumont. They have two children and live in London.
Not to be confused with Matthew Beaumont who is the licence holder for TEDx Omagh.