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The Wonderful World of Alethea Kontis

New York Times bestselling author, princess, storm chaser, Saturday Songwriter, and all-around geek.

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Oz or Bust

Learn more about storm chasing and Alethea's adventures searching for Oz.

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Signed Books

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Narrated by Alethea

Escape Pod is the premier science fiction podcast magazine. Give a listen to short stories from some of today’s best science fiction, brought to life by the vocal talents of Alethea Kontis.

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Who is Alethea?

NYT bestselling author Alethea Kontis is a princess, a storm chaser, and a geek. Author of over 20 books and 40 short stories, Alethea has received the Scribe Award, the Garden State Teen Book Award, and won the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award twice! She has also been twice nominated for both the Andre Norton Nebula and the Dragon Award. When not writing or storm chasing, Alethea narrates stories for multiple award-winning online magazines and contributes regular YA book reviews to NPR. Born in Vermont, Alethea currently resides on the Space Coast of Florida with her teddy bear, Charlie.

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Sideshow

Princess Alethea and her Merry Band of Authors

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Fairy Tale Theatre

Fairy tales and Alethea's rants about fairy tales

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Stormchasing

It's Oz or Bust, baby! Join the adventure!

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Appearances byPrincess Alethea

Invite Alethea for a virtual class visit!

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Coffee Princess K-Drama Roundup – March 2023

Big - Starring the delightful Gong Yoo (my future husband). It’s the Freaky Friday concept - a quirky teen swaps bodies with an older man (Gong Yoo). The reason everyone doesn’t love this drama as much as Goblin or Coffee Prince is because the writers shot themselves in the foot. We, the watcher, 100% fall...

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“Sunshine Times” @ New Verse News

My poem "Sunshine Times" was published today over at New Verse News! (It pairs very well with this parody clip they also shared from The Late Show). ENJOY! https://youtu.be/_ndO0jEXW5A Sunshine Times They outlawed history hereAnd scienceNext comes gaslighting the spectrumColor by colorUntil rainbows and unicorns are seen only by us other-mindedThey will deny the very...

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The Coffee Princess’s Top Thirty-eleven K-Dramas

A friend on my FB Author Page recently asked me to assemble a Top 10 list of my favorite K-Dramas. OMGAAAAAAAA...! I mean, I have maybe a Top 5 or 8 for sure...but past that there are about 30 equally amazing dramas. So, here's my best shot! (Along with where you can stream them.) And...

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