Ned Beauman (born 1985)[1] is a British novelist, journalist and screenwriter.[2] The author of five novels,[3] he was selected as one of the Best of Young British Novelists by Granta magazine in 2013.[4]
Beauman is the son of publisher Nicola Beauman.
Born in London, Beauman is the son of Persephone Books founder Nicola Beauman and economist Christopher Beauman.[5] He studied philosophy at the University of Cambridge.[6] His influences include Jorge Luis Borges, Raymond Chandler and John Updike, along with more recent writers such as Michael Chabon, William Gibson and David Foster Wallace.[7] All of his novels are published in the UK by Sceptre. In addition to novels, he has contributed journalism and literary criticism to The Guardian, The White Review, The London Review of Books, Cabinet and Fantastic Man.