''The Fox Woman'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Kij Johnson, published in 1999 by Tor Books. 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.

Reception

Charles de Lint praised ''The Fox Woman'' as "a wonderfully evocative and gripping novel".Books to Look For
'' F&SF'', January 2000

References

Debut fantasy novels Debut science fiction novels Novels by Kij Johnson 1999 American novels 1999 fantasy novels Books about foxes Literature featuring anthropomorphic foxes Novels set in Japan Tor Books books 1999 debut novels Japan in non-Japanese culture {{1990s-fantasy-novel-stub