Karen Wynn Fonstad

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Karen Wynn Fonstad was the author of several atlases of fictional worlds.

Karen Lea Wynn was born April 18, 1945 in Oklahoma City to parents James and Estis Wynn. She graduated from Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, and then earned a B.S. degree in Physical Therapy and an M.A. in Geography, specializing in cartography, from the University of Oklahoma.

While attending the University of Oklahoma she met Todd A. Fonstad. They married on March 21, 1970. They had two children: Dr. Mark A. Fonstad and Kristina (Kristi) Stingle.

Karen Wynn Fonstad died on March 11, 2005, aged 59, from complications from breast cancer.

[edit] Bibliography

Fonstad's speciality was the creation of fictional atlases:

• The Atlas of Pern (1984, ISBN 0-345-31434-4)
  • Pern, based on the Dragon Riders stories by Anne McCaffrey
• The Atlas of the Land (1985, ISBN 0-345-31431-X)
  • The Land, based on The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
• Atlas of the Dragonlance World (1987, ISBN 0-88038-448-4)
  • Krynn, based on the DragonLance stories by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis (among others)
• The Forgotten Realms Atlas (1990, ISBN 0-88038-857-9)
  • Forgotten Realms, published by TSR
• The Atlas of Middle-earth (Revised Edition) (2001, ISBN 0-618-12699-6)
  • Middle-earth, based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

[edit] External links

• Obituary on theonering.net