SL Beaumont writes crime fiction and mystery novels, most notably The Kat Munro thriller series, the award-winning standalone titles The War Photographers and Shadow of Doubt. She cites her early influences as Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie and JK Rowling. She also enjoys Natasha Lester, Richard Osman, Ken Follett and LJ Ross.

The War Photographers is the IRDA 2024 Historical fiction winner; Shadow of Doubt won the Indie Reader 2020 Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Award and was long-listed for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. Death Count was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Publisher’s Weekly Booklife Prize.

Before becoming an author, SL Beaumont worked in banking in London and New York, and she is now a partner in a chartered accountancy firm in Auckland. Her passion for travel has led her to take many long-haul flights from New Zealand. Her love of history helps determine the destination, and the places she visits are a constant source of inspiration for her.

You can contact her via her Reader’s Group or email her below.