Malena Teves

Malena Ariel Teves was born on June 19, 1982. She started playing the violin in 4th grade. At 15, she won a tri-state opera competition by singing Adele's Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus and started Modeling in Los Angeles. She later worked in New York and Europe modeling.

In 2004, she co-hosted the FOX TV show 13 Nights of Fright with Neil Gaiman.

In February 2005 Neil Gaiman's assistant, Lorraine Garland asked her to sing on her album, Mirror Mirror. Alter Ego Couture asked Malena to be their spokesmodel which later resulted in Malena's own self titled high fashion leather line.

In 2006, Malena began working with Chris Ewen on his music project, The Hidden Variable. Many famous authors contributed lyrics to the album including: POPPY Z. BRITE, EMMA BULL, CHARLES DE LINT, NEIL GAIMAN,SHELLEY JACKSON,HARVEY JACOBS,CAITLIN R. KIERNAN,GREGORY MAGUIRE,CHINA MIéVILLE,LEMONY SNICKET,MARTHA SOUKUP,PETER STRAUB,and GAHAN WILSON.

In 2007, Kimberly Butler directed The Hidden Variable's first music video, Kindermarchen, a song written by Gregory Maguire, the author of "Wicked".

In 2008, Malena was the inspiration for the Barnes and Noble book, The Dragon Hunter's Handbook, illustrated by her husband Miles Teves. Malena's image can be found in all three books, The Demon Hunter's Handbook, The Vampire Hunter's Handbook and The Dragon Hunter's Handbook which is the third book in the series.