BEALE STAINTON · COOGEE, SYDNEY
I write novels and build software. Both are the same job: work out what’s actually happening, then tell the truth about it.
My third novel, The Magic Café, came out in June through my own imprint. The rest of my week goes into Common Intelligence, helping organisations turn AI into a capability they can understand, use and control.

THE MAGIC CAFÉ - A NOVEL
Harry Kissinger is thirty, part-Māori, and has just walked sixteen hundred kilometres down the length of New Zealand to clear his head. He arrives in Sydney with a Kathmandu backpack, a Barry Crump novel, and a private vow to stop drinking. Then Sydney happens.
CURRENTLY BUILDING
Common Intelligence – AI advisory and implementation for Australian organisations. Start with one real workflow, and build only what the evidence supports.
Sometimes a novel, sometimes a shipping log.
I write about writing the book, selling the book, and building the company - the parts nobody publishes.