Full Name Karen Lea Wynn | Name Karen Fonstad | |
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Born April 18, 1945 ( 1945-04-18 ) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Known for Atlases of fictional worlds Died March 11, 2005, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States Education Norman High School, University of Oklahoma Nominations Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction Books The Atlas of Middle‑earth, The Atlas of Pern, Atlas of the Dragonlance World, Tolkien ‑ Atlas de La Tierra Me, The Forgotten Realms A | ||
Occupation Cartographer, academic Alma mater University of Oklahoma | ||
Review the atlas of middle earth by karen wynn fonstad recorded june 22 published july 24 2011
Karen Lea Wynn Fonstad (April 18, 1945 – March 11, 2005) was an American cartographer and academic who designed several atlases of fictional worlds.
Contents
- Review the atlas of middle earth by karen wynn fonstad recorded june 22 published july 24 2011
- Early life and education
- Career
- Death
- Works
- References
Early life and education
Born Karen Lea Wynn in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 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, and had two children: Mark and Kristina.
Career
Before her "retirement" to raising children and writing companion atlases, Fonstad was Director of Cartographic Services at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. Her formal acknowledgments for The Atlas of Pern (1984) include "my husband, Todd, associate professor geography" and the UW Oshkosh Department of Geography. She served on the Oshkosh City Planning Commission for twenty-four years and was a member of the Oshkosh Common Council. Other interests and activities included the Grand Opera House Board of Directors, Hotel/Convention Center and Mass Transportation Center Development Committees, Oshkosh Commercial Development Corporation, Business Improvement Council Board of Directors, Downtown Oshkosh Committee, the Oshkosh Symphony League, the Camp Fire and Cub Scout programs, and the UW-Oshkosh Faculty Dames, where she held the offices of president and secretary.
Death
Karen Wynn Fonstad died, aged 59, from complications of breast cancer.
Works
Fonstad's speciality was the creation of fictional atlases: