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Alexis Veenendaal

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I write cozy, comedic fantasy books

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HERO ADJACENT

A Cozy, Comedic Adult Fantasy

LEGENDS & LATTES meets THE LEGENDS OF VOX MACHINA
(with a hefty sprinkle of TERRY PRATCHETT'S DISCWORLD)

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Coming Spring 2027

Athragast is an average wizard, and after years of drudgery, all he wants is to retire on a beach–preferably somewhere off the magical grid.

The Academy selects Athragast for a straight-cut mission with a large enough payout to fund his retirement. Determined to have a fate different from most other wizards (who tended to fall off towers or get kidnapped), Athragast agrees to go on one last quest to defeat an old nemesis. All he needs is a hero (or several) to facilitate his success. What he ends up with is a band of misfits, a cigar-eating rodent, and a mix of unexpected allies with unusual hobbies.

About

My Story

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 and has lived in three countries. Alexis now lives in Wales with her husband, daughter, and cat, where she continues to write and craft as much as she can.

Alexis has had two short stories published in Peasant Magazine, Issue 2; Gwyllion Magazine, Issue 10, and Baubles From Bones, Issue 8. She publishes poetry, essays, and various short story genres on her Substack. Her debut novel will release with DAW Books in Spring 2027.

Her hobbies include fantasy cartography, travelling, 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 (it's too hard to choose)!

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