Pretty much everyone who meets her is, of course.

But what I’m actually referring to is the new fairy-tale novel Enchanted, which was written by my friend Alethea Kontis, author of the Alpha-Oops picture books.

Way back in 2005, I participated in a fairy-tale-writing contest on the Codex Writers forum.  Through various skulduggerous means I managed to take first place with my story “Bird-Dropping and Sunday.”  Alethea came in third place with her story “Sunday.”  She later sold that story to Realms of Fantasy magazine.

But she didn’t stop there. She turned it into an entire novel: Enchanted, which came out today.

Well played, Alethea. Ultimate victory is yours.