Alethea Kontis is the co-author of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s “Dark-Hunter Companion” and penned the “AlphaOops” series of picture books.

Her short fiction, essays and poetry have appeared in a myriad of anthologies and magazines. She has done multiple collaborations with Eisner winning artist J.K. Lee, including “The Wonderland Alphabet” and “Diary of a Mad Scientist Garden Gnome.” Her debut young adult fairy tale novel, “Enchanted,” won the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award in 2012 and was nominated for both the Andre Norton Award and the Audie Award in 2013.