Alethea Kontis

Alethea Kontis is an American writer of Teen & Young Adult Books, picture books and speculative fiction, primarily for children, as well as an essayist and storyteller. She is represented by Moe Ferrara at Bookends Literary Agency.[1]

Alethea Kontis
Kontis at Burke Centre Library in 2013
Kontis at Burke Centre Library in 2013
BornAlethea Kontis
South Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
GenreTeen & young adult, fantasy, horror fiction, science fiction, romance
Website
www.aletheakontis.com

Biography

Born in South Burlington, Vermont, Kontis lives in Titusville, Florida.[2]She contributes to a variety of publications including Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest.[3][4][5] As a prolific writer she has also been awarded a number of prizes for her work including the Garden State Teen Book Award, the Scribe Award and the Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award which she won twice.[6][7][8]

Kontis has been an NPR book reviewer for many years covering predominantly Young adult and children's fiction.[9][10] Kontis co-wrote The Dark-Hunter Companion with Sherrilyn Kenyon.[11][12] Kontis has learned and honed her writing under a variety of teachers including Orson Scott Card and Andre Norton. [13]

Selected works

Novels
  • Enchanted The Woodcutter Sisters Book 1 (Harcourt Books, 2012)[14][15] 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)[16]
  • 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

Collections
  • Beauty & Dynamite (Apex Publications, June 2008) ISBN 0-9776681-7-7 – essays and poems
  • Wild & Wishful, Dark & Dreaming: the worlds of Alethea Kontis (2013, Alliteration Ink)[17]
  • 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)

Anthologies

The Once Upon Faerie Tale Anthology Collection

  • Once Upon A Curse (with Yasmine Galenorn and 15 other authors, Fiddlehead Press, 2016)[18]
  • Once Upon A Kiss (with Devon Monk and 15 other authors, Fiddlehead Press, 2017)[19]
  • Once Upon A Quest (Fiddlehead Press, 2018)[20]
  • Once Upon A Star (Fiddlehead Press, 2019)[21]
  • Once Upon A Ghost (Fiddlehead Press, 2020)[22]
  • Once Upon A Wish (Fiddlehead Press, 2021)[23]
  • Once Upon A Bite (Fiddlehead Press, 2022)[24]

Non-fiction

Children's books
  • AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went First, illustrated by Bob Kolar [25](Candlewick Press, 2006)
  • Diary of a Mad Scientist Garden Gnome, illus. Janet K. Lee; (Thaumatrope, 2009)[26]
  • AlphaOops!: H is for Halloween, illustrated by Bob Kolar,[27] (Candlewick Press, 2010)
  • The Wonderland Alphabet: Alice's Adventures Through the ABCs and What She Found There, illus. Janet K. Lee (Archaia, 2012)[28]
  • Oodles of Doodles!: Ready-to-Read Level 1, illus. Christophe Jacques, (Simon Spotlight, 2022)[29]

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)

Awards and nominations
YearAwardFor
2010NCTE Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Language ArtsFor "AlphaOops!".
2010Junior Library Guild SelectionFor "AlphaOops!".
2010Publisher's Weekly Starred ReviewFor "AlphaOops!".
2012Kirkus Starred ReviewFor "Enchanted".
2012Gelett Burgess Award Winner - Fiction (Middle Grade)For "Enchanted".
2012Kirkus Best Teen Books of 2012[30]For "Enchanted".
2012SWFA Andre Norton Award NomineeFor "Enchanted".
2013SWFA Andre Norton Award NomineeFor "Hero".
2013Audie Award NomineeFor "Enchanted".
2013YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction For Young AdultsFor "Enchanted".
2013YALSA Amazing Audiobooks For Young AdultsFor "Enchanted".
2014World Book Night PickFor "Enchanted".
2014Prism Award NomineeFor "Hero".
2015Garden State Book Award - Fiction WinnerFor "Enchanted".
2016Gelett Burgess Award Winner - Fables, Folklore, and Fairytales Young AdultFor "Tales of Arilland".
2016Dragon Awards - Middle Grade NomineeFor "Trix and the Faerie Queen".
2018Dragon Awards - Young Adult NomineeFor "When Tinker Met Bell".
2019Scribe Award - Young Adult Winner[31]For "Harmswood Academy #3: Besphinxed".

See also

Great grand-niece of Ernestine Mercer.

References
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  2. "Author". HarperCollins Australia.
  3. "Author". Macmillan.
  4. Lamb, Joyce. "Alethea Kontis: Under the influence of 'Andre' Norton". USA Today. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. Slater, Maggie. "An Interview with Alethea Kontis". Apex Magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. "Alethea Kontis". Simon & Schuster.
  7. "Book Review: Enchanted And Hero By Alethea Kontis". Skiffy and Fanty.
  8. "Alethea Kontis – Lewis Carroll Society of North America". www.lewiscarroll.org.
  9. Kontis, Althea. "Frog And Toad Are Great, But Have You Met 'The Man Who Took The Indoors Out'?". NPR.
  10. Kontis, Alethea. "'The Dos and Donuts of Love' is a delectably delightful, reality TV tale". NPR.
  11. "Alethea Kontis | Blackstone Publishing". www.blackstonepublishing.com.
  12. "Alethea Kontis". Kirkus Reviews.
  13. "Princess of Prose: Alethea Kontis". Fantasy Magazine. 20 June 2009.
  14. "Enchanted (review)". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  15. "Enchanted (review)". Commonsensemedia. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  16. "Dearest". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  17. Cancre, Anton. "Book Review: Wild and Wistful, Dark and Dreaming – Author Alethea Kontis". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  18. "Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales". www.amazon.com.
  19. "Once Upon A Kiss – 17 Romantic Faerie Tales". www.amazon.com.
  20. "Once Upon A Quest: Fifteen Tales of Adventure". www.amazon.com.
  21. "Once Upon A Star: 14 SF-Inspired Faerie Tales (Once Upon Series)". www.amazon.com.
  22. "Once Upon A Ghost: 20 Eerie Faerie Tales (Once Upon Series)". www.amazon.com.
  23. "Once Upon A Wish: 16 Dreamy Faerie Tales (Once Upon Series)". www.amazon.com.
  24. "Once Upon a Bite: 15 Incisive Faerie Tales (Once Upon Series)". www.amazon.com.
  25. "AlphaOops! - Bob Kolar Books". bobkolarbooks.com.
  26. "Diary of a Mad Scientist Garden Gnome by Alethea Kontis".
  27. "AlphaOops! - Bob Kolar Books". bobkolarbooks.com.
  28. "chapter 16 - The Wonderland Alphabet". chapter16 org.
  29. "Oodles of Doodles! Book by Alethea Kontis and Christophe Jacques". www.simonandschuster.com.
  30. "Best Teen Books of 2012 - Kirkus Books". www.kirkusreviews.com.
  31. "Previous Scribe Award Winners: International Association of Media Tie-In Writers".
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