Kij Johnson

Kij Johnson (born Katherine Irenae Johnson January 20, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa) is an American writer of fantasy and speculative fiction. She is a faculty member at the University of Kansas.

Life and career

Kij Johnson was born in Harlan, Iowa. She received her BA from St. Olaf College in 1982, studied creative writing and literature at the University of Minnesota and at University of Kansas, and at Goddard College, then earned an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University in 2012. She joined the University of Kansas English Department as assistant professor of fiction writing in fall 2012, where she is associate director of The Center for the Study of Science Fiction. In 2017, she was promoted to associate professor.

Johnson has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and TSR (later Wizards of the Coast), collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, and content manager working on the Microsoft Reader. In her time at Wizards of the Coast, she was also continuity manager for Magic: The Gathering and creative director for AD&D settings Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms. Johnson served as a final judge for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award from 1997 to 2021.

Johnson is the author of three novels, a novella, and more than 50 short works of fiction. She is the winner of the 1994 Theodore Sturgeon Award for "Fox Magic", the 2001 Crawford Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts for best new fantasist, the 2008 World Fantasy Award for "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss", the 2009 Nebula Award for "Spar", the 2010 Nebula (tied) for "Ponies", and the 2012 Nebula Award and Hugo Award for best novella for "The Man Who Bridged the Mist".

In January 2013, Johnson gave the inaugural Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford, speaking on the topic of fantasy literature.

Selected awards and nominations

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Hugo Award

Winner, Novella (2012). "The Man Who Bridged the Mist".

Finalist, Novella (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.

Finalist, Short Story (2013). "Mantis Wives".

Finalist, Short Story (2011). "Ponies (short story)".

Finalist, Short Story (2010). "Spar (short story)".

Finalist, Short Story (2009). "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss."

Nebula Award

Winner, Novella (2012). "The Man Who Bridged the Mist".

Winner, Short Story (2011). "Ponies".

Winner, Short Story (2010). "Spar".

Finalist, Novella (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.

Finalist, Short Story (2009). "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss".

Finalist, Novelette (2008). "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change".

World Fantasy Award

Winner, Novella (2019). The Privilege of the Happy Ending.

Winner, Long Fiction (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.

Winner, Short Fiction (2009). "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss".

Nominated, Collection (2013). At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories.

Nominated, Short Fiction (2011). "Ponies".

Nominated, Novelette (2008). "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park after the Change".

Nominated, Novel (2004). Fudoki.

William L. Crawford Fantasy Award

Winner (2001). The Fox Woman.

Theodore A. Sturgeon Award

Winner (1994). "Fox Magic".

Shirley Jackson Award

Finalist, Novella (2017). The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe.

James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award

Short list (2004). Fudoki.

Long list (1993). "Schrödinger's Cathouse".

Selected published works

Books

Dragon's Honor. With Greg Cox. New York: Pocket Books, 1996. Print. Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[As Die Ehre des Drachen]. Munich: Heyne, 1997. Print (German).

The Fox Woman. New York: Tor Books, 2000. Print and ebook.

[As Das Geheimnis der Fuchsfrau.] Munich: Piper Verlag, 2007. Print (paperback) (German).

[As Kicune.] Budapest: Torii Könyvkiadó, 2008. Print (Hungarian).

Tales for the Long Rains. Seattle: Scorpius Digital, 2001. Ebook. Short story collection.

Fudoki. New York: Tor Books, 2003. Print and ebook.

Las Chicas Míthicas/Myth Girls. Medellín: Proyecto Liquído, 2010. Print. Bilingual art book.

At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories. Easthampton : Small Beer Press, 2012. Print and ebook.

Pinselstriche auf glattem Reispapier [Brushstrokes on Rice Paper]. Berlin: Golkonda, 2014. Print (German). Short story collection.

霧に橋を架ける [The Man Who Bridged the Mist: Stories]. Tokyo: Tokyo Sogensha, 2014. Print (Japanese).

Un pont sur la brume [A Bridge Over The Mist]. Saint Mammès: Le Bélial, 2016. Print (French). Series: Une heure-lumière.

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe. New York: Tor Books, 2016. Print and ebook.

Asheville: Talking Book, 2017. Audiobook.

Saint Mammès: Le Bélial, 2018. Print (French).

Milan: Edizione Hypnos, 2018. Print (Italian). Series: Visioni.

Istanbul: Ithaki, in press (2018). Print (Turkish).

Budapest: Fumax Kiadó, in press (2018). Print (Hungarian).

Science Fiction World, Aug 2018. Print (Chinese).

The River Bank. Easthampton: Small Beer Press, 2017. Print and ebook.

Asheville: Talking Book, 2017. Audiobook.

Short stories

"Roadkill" (Tales of the Unanticipated No. 3, 1988)

"FERATA" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine No. 1, Fall 1988)

"Wolf Trapping" (The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1989; At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories)

"Solving the Homeless Problem" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine No. 8, Summer 1990)

"Hera's Madness" (Weird Tales No. 298, Fall 1990)

"I [heart] my [dogface]" (Tales of the Unanticipated No. 8, 1991)

"Ursula Redux" (with Phillip C. Jennings) (Amazing Stories, March 1991)

"Canine Intervention" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine No. 11, Spring 1991)

"Questing" (Tales of the Unanticipated No. 10, 1991)

"Last Dance at Dante's" (Tales of the Unanticipated No. 11, 1993)

"The Emperor's New Prose" (Swashbuckling Editor Stories, 1993)

"Schrödinger's Cathouse". (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Mar 1993)

(Galaxy's Edge 1. Mar 2013. Print.)

(Galaxy's Edge 1. Mar 2013. Ebook.)

"Fox Magic". (Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Dec 1993)

(Axxon 60. 1994. Print [Spanish].)

(Emblemes 6: Extrême-Orient. Montpelier: Editions de l'Oxymore, 2002. Print [French].)

(科幻世界 [Science Fiction World]. Aug 2010. Print [Chinese].)

(Utopiales 2018. Paris: ActuSF, 2018. Print.)

"The Renaissance Fair". (Sirius Visions. Sep 1994)