About this episode
Alethea Kontis, a New York Times best-selling author, narrates a story originally from her collection while discussing her career and interests.
This story originally appeared in Wild & Wishful, Dark & Dreaming: The Worlds of Alethea Kontis (2016). Alethea Kontis is an actress, storm chaser, and New York Times best-selling author. She has received the Scribe Award, the Garden State Teen Book Award, and is a two-time winner of the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award. She was twice nominated for both the Andre Norton Nebula and Dragon Award. Alethea narrates stories for multiple award-winning online magazines and does freelance work for Writing the Other. 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. Narration by: Will Stagl Will Stagl lives in Tucson Arizona and is a proud member of the StarShipSofa team. This month you’ll likely find him tearing through some fantasy epic at a local café or waiting for the next sci-fi TV show to air. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Will Stagl
Guest: Alethea Kontis
Topics covered
- fiction
- narration
- storytelling
- science fiction
- author spotlight
Keywords
- Alethea Kontis
- narration
- science fiction
- storytelling
- Wild & Wishful
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wild & Wishful, Dark & Dreaming: The Worlds of Alethea Kontis
Places: Vermont, Space Coast of Florida, Tucson Arizona
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