Katrina Van Leehoten

Katrina Van Leehoten is a fictional character created by Kristina Leigh and Simon J. Kirby in 2012. Originally appearing on Experience Project in a series of first-person vignettes, the basic concept was developed and expanded by several other authors including Erica Lakehurst, Mara Kirsht and Hannah Delveux. The resulting anthology was eventually released as the Bittersweet collection, published via Amazon in 2016.

Character Biography
Katrina Van Leehoten (birth name: Kristov) was born in an unidentified Eastern European province within the former Soviet Union. Emigrating to the west shortly after her fourth birthday, she and her family eventually settled in Courtland County, located in the foothills of the Chamberlain Ranges. Upon entering grade school, 'Trina' began to exhibit symptoms of TISM (Toxically Induced Sexual Morphism), gradually transforming into an anatomical female by the age of six. The case was considered extraordinary by medical researchers, as Trina was not native to the region. This anomaly led to a rumor that TISM was infectious, resulting in a brief 'moral panic' amongst the local population.

After the 'health scare' died down, Trina successfully adapted to her new body, accepted by her fellow students and living an otherwise normal life in the semi-rural township of Ridgewick. Studying gymnastics with her siblings Lydia and Tanya, she won numerous awards for sports and athletics, earning a well-deserved reputation as a precocious tomboy. Extremely competitive by nature, she engaged in long-running rivalries with various friends and relatives (including her own siblings).

At the age of seventeen, Trina began a physically intimate (but non-sexual) relationship with her elder cousin Karl Jeygenstern, an arts lecturer at The Chamberlain Center For The Arts. The two shared an apartment throughout Trina's college years, during which time they discovered several common interests beyond their general academic pursuits.

Vignettes

 * Freewheeling
 * The Panty Inspector
 * The Clinic
 * Cruel and Unusual
 * Playing Doctor
 * Innocent Days
 * Natural Justice
 * The Thrift Shop

Short Fiction

 * Torment

Fragments

 * The Cancan Game
 * The Burlesque Game