The Wonderful World of Alethea Kontis
New York Times bestselling author, princess, storm chaser, Saturday Songwriter, and all-around geek.
READ MORENarrated 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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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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The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie
When asked if I was interested in writing "an alternate history about a young Marie Curie getting mixed up in dark fantasy shenanigans", of course I said YES. (Dead Women in STEM FTW!) And then I proceeded to do the most research I have ever done for a short story. I read a myriad of...
StarShipSofa 702: “An Elegy for the Bucephalus”
Now available for your listening pleasure:Title: "An Elegy for the Bucephalus"Author: Rhiannon RasmussenNarrator: Alethea Kontis I had a lot of fun with the names in this one!"It's music, Val..."
On the Edge of All This – HOLLOW COURTS
Once upon a time in the autumn of 2020, I wrote a fairy tale about true love and a storm chaser. I titled it "On the Edge of All This," after the song I have words in on The Fireside Sessions. (Remember when we made that album with Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol?) Finally--FINALLY--after much...
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