{{Short description|1999 novel by Kij Johnson}} {{for|the story by A. Merritt|A. Merritt}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox book | 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050215035417/http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2000/cdl0001.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2005 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=SF Site}}</ref>
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