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 worked in marketing and journalism before shifting her career to full-time writing.
She moved to the Netherlands in 2019 with her astrophysicist spouse, Ian, where she began work on her fantasy book duology. At the end of 2022, she and Ian moved to Cardiff, Wales, where she now works full-time as a content writer and editor for a tech automation company.
She now co-runs a local writing group and continues to draw fantasy maps and crochet in her free time.
Alexis enjoys travelling and writing about her experiences. She publishes poetry, essays, and various short story genres. She also enjoys playing dungeons & dragons and drinking craft beer. Her favourite fantasy authors are Terry Pratchett and Leigh Bardugo, among many, many others.