Alethea Kontis is an American writer born on January 11, 1976. She is well known for her work in Teen & Young Adult Books, picture books, and speculative fiction, primarily for children. Besides being an author, she is also an essayist and a storyteller.

Her unique writing style has earned her descriptions such as "A veritable badass fairy princess" by Jim Butcher, and "The faerie princess of the worlds of weird" by Jonathan Maberry. Jim C. Hines, author of Libriomancer, simply stated, "Alethea Kontis IS fairy tales." SF author Ferrett Steinmetz described her as "Awesome, racks up award nominations, wears tiaras." Ellen Oh, author of Prophecy remarked, "I want to live in [Alethea's] head because I think that might be the most interesting place in the world!!!!" Aaron Pound praised her as "the woman who writes like Shakespeare would if he were alive today." Cheyenne Z. captured her essence by saying, "The beauty of a princess, the confidence of a queen, the brilliance of a writer, and the demeanor of a cheerful fairy comedian!"