Alethea Kontis is an American writer of picture books and speculative fiction, primarily for children. She lives in Ashburn, Virginia.
Kontis read from her first two Woodcutter novels, Enchanted and Hero, at Burke Centre Library in Burke Centre, Virginia, on September 26, 2013, as part of the annual Fall for the Book festival.
The third Woodcutter sisters novel, Dearest, is reported forthcoming February 2015.