March 2020 - Alethea Kontis

Don’t Turn Out the Lights!

March 11, 2020

| Short Stories

COVER REVEAL: (I’m so excited to be in this one!) Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Edited by Jonathan Maberry) 9/1/2020
https://amzn.to/3cQ1veP

NPR: “There’s ‘Every Reason’ To Read This Charming Love Story On Ice”

March 9, 2020

NPR: “There’s ‘Every Reason’ To Read This Charming Love Story On Ice”
–New YA Book review by Alethea Kontis

Meet Tanuja Desai Hidier, 2020 Jane Yolen Midlist Grant Winner

March 6, 2020

| awards, Friends

Today on #FriendlyFriday, we’re featuring the other fabulous recipient of the Jane Yolen Midlist Grant — Tanuja Desai Hidier! If you don’t know about her, you should!

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 161

March 5, 2020

I had the honor of narrating two incredible tales for Clarkesworld Magazine: “Jigsaw Children,” by Grace Chan, and “Generation Gap,” by Thoraiya Dyer

Alethea Kontis Wins 2020 Jane Yolen Midlist Author Grant

March 4, 2020

The SCBWI is proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Grant: Tanuja Desai Hidier and Alethea Kontis.

ABOUT

New York Times bestselling author Alethea Kontis is a princess, storm chaser, and Saturday Songwriter. Author of over 20 books and 40 short stories, Alethea is the recipient of the Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Grant, the Scribe Award, the Garden State Teen Book Award, and two-time winner of the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award. She has been twice nominated for both the Andre Norton Nebula and the Dragon Award. Alethea narrates stories for multiple award-winning online magazines, contributes regular YA book reviews to NPR, and hosts Princess Alethea’s Traveling Sideshow every year at Dragon Con. Born in Vermont, Alethea currently resides on the Space Coast of Florida with her teddy bear, Charlie.

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