Alethea Kontis

Alethea Kontis (born January 11, 1976) is an American writer of Teen & Young Adult Books, picture books and speculative fiction, primarily for children.[2][3] She lived in Ashburn, Virginia[4] and then in Titusville, FL.

Alethea Kontis
Kontis at Burke Centre Library in 2013
BornAlethea Kontis
(1976-01-11) January 11, 1976[1]
South Burlington, Vermont, US
Occupationwriter
NationalityAmerican
GenreTeen & Young Adult, Fantasy, Horror Fiction, Science Fiction, Romance
Website
www.aletheakontis.com

Selected works

Novels
  • Enchanted The Woodcutter Sisters Book 1 (Harcourt Books, 2012)[5][6] 2012 Gelett Burgess Award Winner, 2015 Garden State Teen Book Award
  • Hero The Woodcutter Sisters Book 2 (HM Harcourt, 2013)
  • Dearest The Woodcutter Sisters Book 3 (HM Harcourt, 2015)[7]
  • Trixter" The Trix Adventures Book 1 (Self Published, 2015)
  • Trix & the Faerie Queen The Trix Adventures Book 2 (Self Published, 2016) 2016 Dragon Award Finalist
  • Haven Kansas (Self Published, 2016)
  • The Truth About Cats And Wolves: A Nocturne Falls Universe story (Sugar Skull Books, 2017)
  • When Tinker Met Bell: A Nocturne Falls Universe story (Sugar Skull Books, 2017) 2018 Dragon Award Nominee
  • Besphinxed: A Nocturne Falls Universe story (Sugar Skull Books, 2018) 2019 Scribe Award Winner
  • Thieftess (Thursday Woodcutter) The Woodcutter Sisters Book 4 Release Date TBD
  • Fated (Wednesday Woodcutter) The Woodcutter Sisters Book 5 Release Date TBD
  • Endless (Tuesday Woodcutter) The Woodcutter Sisters Book 6 Release Date TBD
  • Countenance (Monday Woodcutter) The Woodcutter Sisters Book 7 Release Date TBD
  • Trix and the Fire Witch The Trix Adventures Book 3 Release Date TBD

Collections
  • Beauty & Dynamite (Apex Publications) ISBN 0-9776681-7-7 – essays and poems
  • Wild & Wishful, Dark & Dreaming: the worlds of Alethea Kontis (2013, Alliteration Ink)[8]
  • Tales of Arilland (Fairy Stories from the Dark Wood) Books of Arilland Book 5 (Self Published, 2015) 2015 Gelett Burgess Award Winner
  • Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place (Ragnarok Publications, 2016) ISBN 978-1941987612
  • Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling (Apex Book Company, 2016)

Non-fiction

Children's books
  • AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went First, illustrated by Bob Kolar (Candlewick Press, 2006)
  • Diary of a Mad Scientist Garden Gnome, illus. Janet K. Lee; (Thaumatrope, 2009)
  • AlphaOops!: H is for Halloween, illus. Bob Kolar, (Candlewick Press, 2010)
  • The Wonderland Alphabet: Alice's Adventures Through the ABCs and What She Found There, illus. Janet K. Lee (Archaia, 2012)

Short stories
  • "Sunday" (Realms of Fantasy, October 2006)
  • "Small Magics" (Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, October 2006)
  • "Blood & Water" (Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, July 2008) (Twice Upon A Time: Fairytale, Folklore, & Myth. Reimagined & Remastered, February 13, 2015, reprint)
  • "Clockwise" (Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, Nov. 2011)
  • "Black Hole Sun" (w/Kelli Dunlap)
  • "Life's a Beach" (w/Ariell Branson)
  • "Blue & Gray and Black & Green"
  • "Ghost Dancer"
  • "The Giant & The Unicorn"
  • "Sweetheart Come"
  • "The God of Last Moments"
  • "Foiled"
  • "Happy Thoughts" (Apex Digest issue #3)
  • "Poor Man's Roses"
  • "The Monster & Mrs. Blake" (for The Story Station)
  • "Diary of a Ghost's Mistress" (Shroud magazine)
  • "Hero Worship"
  • "Pocket Full of Posey"
  • "Red Lantern"
  • "Savage Planet"
  • "Unicorn Gold"
  • "The Unicorn Hunter"
  • "The Unicorn Tree"
  • "The Way of the Restless"
  • "The Witch of Black Mountain"
  • "Messenger (Chapter 20 of Dearest) (2015)
  • "For Angels to Fly: A Short Story" (2016)
  • "Barefoot Bay: Fish Out of Water (Kindle Worlds Novella)" (2016)

Anthologies edited
  • Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology: Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy, co-edited with Steven Savile (Tor Books, 2006) ISBN 0-7653-1563-7
  • Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales (Fiddlehead Press, 2016) ASIN B01G35DZAW

See also

Great grand-niece of Ernestine Mercer.

References
  1. "Biography: Alethea Kontis". Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. Lamb, Joyce. "Alethea Kontis: Under the influence of 'Andre' Norton". USA Today. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. Slater, Maggie. "An Interview with Alethea Kontis". Apex Magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. Alphaoops: H Is for Halloween: Amazon.co.uk: Alethea Kontis: 9780763656867: Books Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  5. "Enchanted (review)". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. "Enchanted (review)". Commonsensemedia. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. "Dearest". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  8. Cancre, Anton. "Book Review: Wild and Wistful, Dark and Dreaming – Author Alethea Kontis". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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