New York Times best-selling author Alethea Kontis was once a child actress, chemistry major, and student of Andre Norton and Orson Scott Card. Her current professions include: writer, editor, publisher, book buyer, fairy godmother, and goddess. Her sister was featured in Vogue, her father was interviewed on the Discovery Channel, her godfather’s face is a Phish album, and her grandfather was a pirate. She hopes to one day be half so cool.

Alethea’s Shimmer stories:

• “The Giant and the Unicorn,” The Clockwork Jungle Book (Issue #11)