Introduction
Travis Baldree is an American author, audiobook narrator, and video game designer. He is best known for the video game Torchlight, for narrating the audiobooks of the Cradle series by Will Wight, and for his novel Legends & Lattes, for which he won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer.
Early life
Baldree was born in 1977 and grew up in Eden, Texas.
Career
Beginning in 1998, Baldree designed and made video games, such as Torchlight, Rebel Galaxy and Fate.
He narrated all twelve entries of the "Cradle" series by Will Wight, including New York Times audio monthly best sellers Bloodline, Reaper, Dreadgod and Waybound.Paul Constant of The Seattle Times described him as "an in-demand narrator of audiobooks."
He authored the novel Legends & Lattes in 2022, also narrating its audiobook for which he was nominated for an Audie Award for Fantasy. He released a prequel titled Bookshops & Bonedust in November 2023.
Travis Baldree won the 2023 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, presented alongside the Hugo Awards.