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American author

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.^[2]

Biography

Born in South Burlington, Vermont, Kontis lives in Titusville, Florida.^[3] She contributes to a variety of publications including Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest.^[4][5][6] 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.^[7][8][9]

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