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The Wonderful World of Alethea Kontis

New York Times & international bestselling author, princess, storm chaser, Saturday Songwriter, VVS, Black Rose, and all-around geek.

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Oz or Bust

Storm chasing and Alethea's adventures searching for Oz

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Fairy Tales of Arilland all over the world - More languages and stories are being added every day!

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Who is Alethea?

In addition to being a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, Alethea Kontis is a storm chaser, Saturday Songwriter, and granddaughter of a pirate. Born in Vermont, Alethea currently resides on the Space Coast of Florida where she watches K-dramas with her teddy bear, Charlie. Together they are ARMY, VVS, and Black Roses. 🥀

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10 years ofPrincess Alethea’s Traveling Sideshow

Celebrate a decade of the Traveling Sideshow at DragonCon and beyond…

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no ai

Translations and cover art for all Alethea’s books and stories have been done by humans, for humans. All audio narrations were performed by actual, paid human professionals.

No AI was used in the creation of these materials. No permission will be given to anyone looking to use these stories to train Artificial Intelligence in any way.

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Where Should I Buy Your Book That Will Make You the Most Money?

tl;dr: You can buy it directly from the printer (Ingram), but I honestly make more when you tell a dozen people about my book (or give it to them…and your local library…and your kids’ school library…) I get asked this question a lot, and far more frequently when I have a new book out. Since...

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Happy Prime & Anti-Prime Day!

Happy Prime and Anti-Prime Day! (which I think now happens over multiple days?) If you decide to partake in the Amazon Prime Day festivities, don’t forget to stop in to Alethea’s Magic Shop to see what’s new and on sale there! (remember: if you use my Affiliate link to get to Amazon before you check...

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THIEFTESS Chapter 47: Little One

Read all of THIEFTESS here! Dearest Squad, “Always write when you’re in love.” My mother said this to me once upon a time and, like many such things she’s said to me over the years (“Everything happens for a reason,” “Go write me a new fairy tale”), it stuck with me. Keep in mind—this is...

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“The patron saint of Glitter Goths everywhere!“

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“Alethea is one of the lights of the world.”

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“Listen to this Amazing and Magical Scribe.”

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“She who leaves a trail of glitter.”  

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“The beauty of a princess, the confidence of a queen, the brilliance of a writer, and the demeanor of a cheerful fairy comedian!”

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“I want to live in (Alethea’s) head because I think that might be the most interesting place in the world!!!!”

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“Alethea Kontis: Awesome, racks up award nominations, wears tiaras.”

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“Alethea Kontis IS fairy tales.”

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“If Neil Gaiman and the Brothers Grimm had a child who grew up to weave fairy tales, she would be Alethea Kontis.”

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“The faerie princess of the worlds of weird.”

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