The Fox Woman

{{Short description|1999 novel by Kij Johnson}}

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{{Infobox novel

| author = Kij Johnson

| image = The Fox Woman.jpeg

| caption = First edition cover

| isbn = 0-312-85429-3

| pub_date = January 1, 2000

| publisher = Tor Books

}}

The Fox Woman is a fantasy novel by American writer Kij Johnson, published in 1999 by Tor Books.{{Cite web |date=1999-12-01 |title=The Fox Woman |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kij-johnson/the-fox-woman/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=2023-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025020610/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kij-johnson/the-fox-woman/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2000-01-01 |title=The Fox Woman |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Fox-Woman-Kij-Johnson/pid=1063639 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2024-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818182738/https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Fox-Woman-Kij-Johnson/pid=1063639 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2000-01-03 |title=The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312854294 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2022-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204110921/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312854294 |url-status=live }} 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".{{Cite web |last=de Lint |first=Charles |title=Fantasy and Science Fiction: Books To Look For |url=http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2000/cdl0001.htm |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=SF Site}}