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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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...
“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...
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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Coffee Princess K-Drama Roundup – March 2023
Big – Starring the delightful Gong Yoo (my future…
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“Sunshine Times” @ New Verse News
My poem “Sunshine Times” was published today over at…
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The Coffee Princess’s Top Thirty-eleven K-Dramas
A friend on my FB Author Page recently asked…