Beaminster all round, Wi' hedges, reachèn up between A thousand vields o' zummer green. </poem> It is a location for part of the story for the post-apocalyptic novel The Day of the Triffids. Samuel Hearne explorer, naturalist and writer grew up in Beaminster. Beaminster is the adopted hometown of actor Martin Clunes, and was where singer PJ Harvey went to school. Mat Follas had his first restaurant The Wild Garlic in the town square, though in 2013 it was moved to larger premises elsewhere. Beaminster is also home of Lynne Reid Banks, author of "The L-Shaped Room" and "The Indian in
Carolyn Banks published by Fawcett and reprinted by Amber Quill Press include: "Death by Dressage", "Groomed for Death", "Death on the Diagonal", "Murder Well Bred" and "A Horse to Die For". In 2007, Amber Quill also reprinted a 1995 literary novel Banks wrote entitled "The Turtle's Voice". The novel was the winner of the 1995 Austin Book Award. Banks is listed in "Contemporary Authors," Vol. 105 and is a member of Author's Guild and the Texas Institute of Letters. In 2000, Banks founded a nonprofit organization called Upstart, Inc., a media arts organization that brings in experts to teach screenwriting, production and