Legends & Lattes: The Graphic Novel
graphic novel · First published 2026

Author guide
Travis Baldree is an American author and full-time audiobook narrator. He previously designed video games including Fate, Torchlight, and Rebel Galaxy, and writes cozy fantasy centered on the Legends & Lattes world.
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graphic novel · First published 2026
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The first full-length novel and the core entry point to the series.

An alternate starting point as the chronological prequel.
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fantasy series · ongoing
A cozy fantasy series and shared world centered on Viv, Fern, and the coffee shop Legends & Lattes in the Territory.
Book prequel · short story · 2022 Optional
Book prequel · novel · 2023
Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk—so far from the…
Book 1 · novel · 2022
Legends & Lattes is a cosy, heartwarming slice-of-life fantasy about found families and fresh starts - perfect for fans of TJ Klune, Katherine Addison and T. Kingfisher. High fantasy, low stakes - with a double-shot of coffee. After…
Book 1.5 · short story · 2024 Optional
A goblin with too many pockets and a disturbing affinity for cutlery, a rain-soaked night, four adventurers, a pair of corpses, a junk-drawer knife, some unfortunate taxidermy, and a beleaguered Gatewarden… These are the primary…
Book 3 · novel · 2025
Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What…
Book collection · short-story collection · 2026 Optional
From Sunday Times bestseller Travis Baldree, Tales from the Territory is a beautiful collection of cosy fantasy tales, set in the much-loved world of Legends & Lattes. There are many tales yet untold . . . 'GOBLINS & GREATCOATS': Chaos…
Book adaptation · graphic novel · 2026 Optional
Outside the series
children's book · 2013
JUMPIN' JOEY is a whimsical tale of a young kangaroo trying to "be like somebody else," as the other kangaroos would put it; striving to learn how to jump even though his feet were definitely not suited for the job. Loosely following the…
Travis Baldree is an author and audiobook narrator best known for the cozy fantasy novel Legends & Lattes. He says he has narrated hundreds of books and lives in the Pacific Northwest.
He worked as a video game designer and developer, including as a co-founder of Runic Games and as the designer, programmer, and producer of Fate. He later co-founded Double Damage Games, associated with Rebel Galaxy.
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Baldree made audiobook narration a full-time career and has voiced hundreds of books, including his own work. He has cited narrator Frank Muller as an influence on his appreciation of the craft.
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He has said the idea grew from his love of action-adventure fantasy, romantic fantasy, and cozy mysteries. During the pandemic, a coffee shop became an especially appealing form of escapism, inspiring him to write a comforting story in a fantasy world he loved.
He won the 2023 Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Legends & Lattes was also a finalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novel and a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
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