''The Kappa Child'' is a novel by

Hiromi Goto Hiromi Goto (born December 31, 1966 Chiba-ken, Japan) is a Japanese-Canadian writer, editor, and instructor of creative writing. Life Goto was born in Chiba'ken, Japan in 1966 and immigrated to Canada with her family in 1969. They lived on the w ...

, published in 2001. Goto's novel focuses on a Japanese-Canadian woman and her family. The narrator believes herself to have immaculately conceived a

kappa Kappa (uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive ; el, κάππα, ''káppa'') is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, has a value o ...

. The novel won the 2001 James Tiptree Jr. Award for Science Fiction and Commonwealth Writers.James Tiptree Jr. Award 2001
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Hiromi Goto web site
Canadian science fiction novels 2001 Canadian novels James Tiptree Jr. Award-winning works {{Canada-novel-stub