Alexandra Beaumont
Independent Press Award Distinguished Favourite - 2025
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Alexandra Beaumont is a fantasy author inspired by folklore, nature and humanity. Her lyrical fantasy novels are praised for their world building and compelling characters.
Epic Folklore Fantasy
The Myst Cycle series
In the storm-riven wilds of ancient Cornwall the sea's whisper will charm us all.
Dissonance of Bird Song is the young adult lyrical folkloric-fantasy tale of Eseld, a song-weaver fleeing her home to cure the sacred birds of her people and save her sister. Locked between the lies of land-dwellers and the snare of an ancient sea queen, Eseld must fight to find her own path. Amidst a storm of betrayal and heartbreak, what will Eseld sacrifice to save the ones she loves?
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“Dissonance of Bird Song is a haunting and original mixture of Cornish-folk-fantasy. Eseld is a formidable heroine, a song-weaver turned warrior on a quest through an enchanted world where magic clings like myst. Beaumont's novel evokes the unique and beautiful setting of Cornwall, mingling these observations of the land and seascapes with praiseworthy worldbuilding.”
—Tracy Fahey, author of They Shut Me Up and New Music for Old Rituals
Readers who enjoy folk horror, Lucy Hounsom’s Sistersong, T Kingfisher, and Naomi Novik’s Uprooted will love Dissonance of Bird Song.
Ballad of River Bones is the conclusion of epic folklore fantasy and Indie Press Award Distinguished Favourite duology, Dissonance of Bird Song, ending the critically acclaimed tale of “love, loss and sacrifice.”
Cursed by ghosts of her victims and haunted by her past, Nessa searches for her lost sister. In the Myst, change is devastating. To survive, Nessa makes a pact with a mysterious druid to protect herself from the ghosts of those she has killed. As the shadows draw long over ancient Cornwall, Nessa’s path leads her to a choice:
Save her sister and doom herself to death,
or destroy the Myst and banish her sister to the sea.
Music from
Dissonance of Bird Song
Also available on Streaming services.
The Star Blood series
Testament of the Stars
​Drink the blood of the stars and become one with us...
A fierce star-cult governs the lives of both the blessed from the plateau of Gemynd and the rebellious word-weavers of Rask. Forced to drink the blood of the stars and steal their thoughts, Einya ends up at the heart of a fierce rebellion, caught between a fight for freedom and the strange luring magic of the stars. A sapphic tale of star crossed lovers and the lengths people will go to in the pursuit of power...
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Romantasy, but with so much more in the mix.
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“Fast-paced, with nuanced characters and believable parallels to our own world.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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For fans of folklore, folk horror and sapphic fantasy.
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Meet
Alexandra Beaumont
Alexandra Beaumont is a British fantasy novelist with a passion for folklore, playing musical instruments and exploring the wilds of the UK. Her latest release, Dissonance of Bird Song, is praised for being a “visceral and lyrical” page turner with “praiseworthy worldbuilding” and was recently named Distinguished Favourite in the Independent Press Awards.
Specialising in gothic and folkloric literature, Alexandra's lyrical books weave together myth, magic and intrigue.
Interviews, Reviews & Short Stories
Ghostlore audio anthology - A Ghost of Bones and Bark
Creative Writing Workshops & Patron of Reading
Alexandra Beaumont is Patron of Reading at a school in Cornwall, and runs folklore fantasy creative workshops for schools as part of this role. She is available to run folkloric creative writing workshops.
