The Fox Woman

The Fox Woman
	First edition cover
Author	Kij Johnson
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	January 1, 2000
ISBN	0-312-85429-3

Last updated December 07, 2025

The Fox Woman is a fantasy novel by American writer Kij Johnson, published in 1999 by Tor Books.^[1]^[2]^[3] The lead characters are an ambitious human named Kaya no Yoshifuji and a fox woman named Kitsune. The story follows Johnson's Theodore Sturgeon Award-winning story "Fox Magic", and precedes her novel Fudoki in the "Love/War/Death" trilogy.

Charles de Lint praised The Fox Woman as "a wonderfully evocative and gripping novel".^[4]

References

↑ "The Fox Woman". Kirkus Reviews . December 1, 1999. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
↑ "The Fox Woman" . Booklist . January 1, 2000. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
↑ "The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson". Publishers Weekly . January 3, 2000. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
↑ de Lint, Charles. "Fantasy and Science Fiction: Books To Look For". SF Site. Archived from the original on February 15, 2005. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

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[1] "The Fox Woman". Kirkus Reviews . December 1, 1999. Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[2] "The Fox Woman" . Booklist . January 1, 2000. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[3] "The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson". Publishers Weekly . January 3, 2000. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[4] Lint, Charles. "Fantasy and Science Fiction: Books To Look For". SF Site. Archived from the original on February 15, 2005. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

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