Alexis Veenendaal was born and raised on a farm in Alberta, Canada. She earned a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Lethbridge before moving to the Netherlands for three years, where she wrote her first fantasy duology.​ Alexis moved to Wales in 2022 with her husband, where she now works as a content writer and editor for a tech automation company and continues to write cozy fantasy.

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Alexis has had two short stories published in Peasant Magazine, Issue 2; and Gwyllion Magazine, Issue 10. She publishes poetry, essays, and various short story genres on her Substack. Her debut novel will be releasing with DAW Books in Spring 2027.

 

Her hobbies include fantasy cartography, travel, bookbinding, serving her cat's every whim, riding horses, playing D&D, and crocheting. Her favourite authors are Terry Pratchett, J.R.R. Tolkien, Martha Wells, TJ Klune, Sangu Mandanna, Octavia E. Butler, Becky Chambers, Travis Baldree, Emelie Nikota, and Leigh Bardugo, among many, many others.