Kristin E.H. Fontaine

Kristin Fontaine has been involved with Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe as a writer and editor since 1989. She has primarily written about the Tai-Pan and her crew. She enjoys the give-and-take of writing in a shared universe as part of the Tai-Pan Literary & Arts Project. In 2012, "In His Own Country" was reprinted in the "The Ursa Major Awards Anthology" edited by Fred Patten

Born in a small town in Wyoming she escaped to the Pacific Northwest and found her home among the grey skies and evergreen trees. In her spare time she battles the black spot on her roses and mutters to herself in Norwegian.

Published Tai-Pan stories

 * no. 4: Probes and Cons, with Mark Allen Davis, illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * no. 8: Room for Improvement, illustrations by Susan Woolard
 * no. 14: Crossroads, illustrations by Arion Morgan
 * no. 17-30: Anniversary Bash, with many other authors
 * no. 21: Regrets, illustrations by Kathy Coleman
 * no. 28: Memos From the Front
 * no. 33: One Last Dance, illustrations by Edd Vick
 * no. 36: Complications, illustrations by Bill Koonts
 * no. 37: Secret Lives, illustrations by Barb Cummings
 * no. 39: In His Own Country, illustrations by C.D. Woodbury (won the 2005 Ursa Major Awards for Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction)
 * no. 40: The Girl Next Door, illustrations by Annette Pschirrer
 * no 45: Less Than Words Can Say, illustrations by Gary Fletcher
 * no 47: Understudy, illustrations by Jeffery Young
 * no 49: Touring the Lady
 * Rough Trade: A Pretty Good Year, illustrations by Terrie Smith