Karen Wynn Fonstad
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| − | Karen Wynn was born and raised in Oklahoma, spending her later years in Wisconsin. She attended the [[wikipedia:University of Oklahoma|University of Oklahoma]], where she received a M.A. in Geography. Her speciality had been Cartography, and she would spend much of her life as a freelance cartographer. She has published several atlases of fantasy worlds, such as ''[[wikipedia:The Atlas of Pern|Pern]]'' | + | Karen Wynn was born and raised in Oklahoma, spending her later years in Wisconsin. She attended the [[wikipedia:University of Oklahoma|University of Oklahoma]], where she received a M.A. in Geography. Her speciality had been Cartography, and she would spend much of her life as a freelance cartographer. She has published several atlases of fantasy worlds, such as [[Arda]], [http://pern.wikia.com/wiki/Pern Pern], [http://dragonlance.wikia.com/wiki/Krynn Krynn], [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Toril Toril] and [http://unbeliever.wikia.com/wiki/The_Land The Land]. |
| + | ==Atlases== | ||
| + | *''[[wikipedia:The Atlas of Pern|The Atlas of Pern]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[wikipedia:The Atlas of the Land|The Atlas of the Land]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Wikipedia:Atlas of the Dragonlance World|Atlas of the Dragonlance World]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Wikipedia:The Forgotten Realms Atlas|The Forgotten Realms Atlas]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Atlas of Middle-earth]]'' | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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| Born | April 18, 1945 |
| Died | March 11, 2005 |
| Education | University of Oklahoma |
Karen Lea Wynn Fonstad (April 18, 1945 – March 11, 2005) was the author of the popular Atlas of Middle-earth. In The Return of the Shadow, Christopher Tolkien credits Fonstad for noting a geographical inconsistency between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.[1]
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[edit] Life
Karen Wynn was born and raised in Oklahoma, spending her later years in Wisconsin. She attended the University of Oklahoma, where she received a M.A. in Geography. Her speciality had been Cartography, and she would spend much of her life as a freelance cartographer. She has published several atlases of fantasy worlds, such as Arda, Pern, Krynn, Toril and The Land.
[edit] Atlases
- The Atlas of Pern
- The Atlas of the Land
- Atlas of the Dragonlance World
- The Forgotten Realms Atlas
- The Atlas of Middle-earth
[edit] Bibliography
- 1981: The Atlas of Middle-earth (First edition)
- 1991: The Atlas of Middle-earth (Second edition)
- 2001: The Atlas of Middle-earth (Third edition)
- 2006: Tolkien Studies: Volume 3
- "Writing "TO" the Map"
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Return of the Shadow, "The First Phase: XI. From Weathertop to the Ford, Note on the River Hoarwell", p. 204