---About the Author: "KarenWynnFonstad is a noted cartographer who has her master's degree in geography from the University of Oklahoma and has taught geography at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
KarenFonstad took those maps and combined it with the text in Tolkien's books to create The Atlas of the Middle-Earth.
This book includes seven sections: The First Age, The Second Age, The Third Age, Regional Maps, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and Thematic Maps.
Karen was a big reader of the website and was greatly pleased by fans' reactions to her work on the Atlas and other things.
Karen Lea WynnFonstad, age 59, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin died March 11, 2005 of complications from breast cancer.
Karen is survived by her husband, Todd; her son, Mark; her daughter, Kristina (Chad) Stingle; two sisters, Peggy (Jerry) Rhoton and Marsa (Derald) Crissup of Norman, Oklahoma; and several nieces and nephews.