Kij Johnson

Kij Johnson
Born	January 1960 Iowa, United States
Occupation	Author, editor
Nationality	United States
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Kij Johnson (born January 1960 in Iowa) is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and Wizards of the Coast/TSR, collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, and content manager working on the Microsoft Reader. In her time at Wizards of the Coast/TSR, she was also continuity manager for Magic: The Gathering and creative director for AD&D settings Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms.

She is an associate director for the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas, and serves as a final judge for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

Johnson is the author of three novels and more than 30 short works of fiction. She is best known for her adaptations of Heian-era Japanese myths. She is the winner of the 1994 Theodore Sturgeon Award for her story "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 her story "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss," and the 2009 Nebula Award for the story "Spar". She has been a finalist for the 2009 and 2010 Hugo Awards, the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Nebula Awards and the 2004, 2008, and 2009 World Fantasy Awards. Her novel Fudoki was declared one of the best SF/F novels of 2003 by Publishers Weekly.

Bibliography

• "Roadkill" (Tales of the Unanticipated #3, 1988)
• "FERATA" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #1, Fall 1988)
• "Wolf Trapping" (The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1989)
• "Solving the Homeless Problem" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #8, Summer 1990)
• "Hera's Madness" (Weird Tales #298, Fall 1990)
• "I [heart] my [dogface]" (Tales of the Unanticipated #8, 1991)
• "Ursula Redux" (with Phillip C. Jennings) (Amazing Stories, March 1991)
• "Canine Intervention" (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #11, Spring 1991)
• "Questing" (Tales of the Unanticipated #10, 1991)
• "Last Dance at Dante's" (Tales of the Unanticipated #11, 1993)
• "The Emperor's New Prose" (Swashbuckling Editor Stories, 1993)
• "Schrödinger's Cathouse" (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1993)
• "Fox Magic", (Asimov's, December 1993)
  • Winner, 1994 Theodore Sturgeon Award
• "The Renaissance Fair" (Sirius Visions, 1994)
• "Myths" (Andrew Vachss' Underground, 1994)
• "What Dogs Hunt in Their Dreams" (Buried Treasures, 1996)
• Dragon's Honor (with Greg Cox) (1996)
• "The Heart of a Minotaur" (The Duelist #21, January 1998)
• "The Knife's Edge" (The Duelist #23, March 1998)
• "Old Wars" (The Duelist #25, May 1998)
• "Crovax's Tale" (Rath and Storm, 1998)
• "Chenting, in the Land of the Dead" (Realms of Fantasy, November 1999)
• "The Horse Raiders" (Analog, May 2000)
• The Fox Woman (2000)
  • Winner, 2001 Crawford Award
• Tales for the Long Rains (2001)
• "The Snow Wife" (Tales for the Long Rains, 2001)
• "The Knife Birds" (Tales for the Long Rains, 2001)
• "Dia Chjerman's tale" (Tales for the Long Rains, 2001)
• Fudoki (2003)
  • Finalist, 2004 World Fantasy Award
  • Shortlisted, 2004 James Tiptree, Jr. Award
• "At the Mouth of the River of Bees" (scifi.com; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2004)
• "Elfrithe's Ghost" (Realms of Fantasy, August 2004)
• "The Empress Jingū fishes" (Conqueror Fantastic, 2004)
• "Coney World" (Coney Island Wonder Stories, 2006)
• "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change" (The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, 2007; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 2008; Nebula Awards Showcase, 2009)
  • Finalist, 2007 Nebula Award
  • Finalist, 2008 Theodore Sturgeon Award (withdrawn by Johnson, who is a juror for the award)
  • Finalist, 2008 World Fantasy Award
  • Final ten stories, 2008 Hugo Award
• "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" (Asimov's, July 2008)
  • 2008 Asimov Magazine Reader's Choice
  • 2008 World Fantasy Award
  • Finalist, 2008 Nebula Award
  • Finalist, 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Award (withdrawn by Johnson, who is a juror for the award)
  • Finalist, 2009 Hugo Award
• "The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles" (tor.com, July 2009)
• "Spar" (Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2009)
  • Winner, 2009 Nebula Award for Best Short Story
  • Finalist, 2010 Hugo Award
  • Finalist, 2010 Locus Award
  • Finalist, 2010 Theodore Sturgeon Award (withdrawn by Johnson, who is a juror for the award)
• "Names for Water" (Asimov's, October/November 2010)
  • Finalist, 2010 Locus Award
• "Ponies" (tor.com)
  • Winner, 2010 Nebula Award (tie)

Other published works

• Essay, "This I Believe", aired on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, August 31, 2008
• Essay, "Sturgeon and the Sturgeons", afterword for anthology of Sturgeon Award–winning fiction, forthcoming
• Poem, "Why She Howls: A Coyote Love Story", Journal of Mythic Arts, Winter 2006
• Comic script, "The Painted Horse", illus. Mike Dringenberg, in Dark Horse Presents, Dark Horse Comics, 1995
• Essay, "Collections: The Whole Story", Dark Horse Comics Tipsheet #4, April 1993
• Mirage: Oasis (web game for Magic: The Gathering trading card game)
• Battletech: Last Stand at Hanover (web game for Battletech trading card game)
• Weatherlight: Legacy (web game for Magic: The Gathering trading card game)
• Tempest: Into the Storm (web game for Magic: The Gathering trading card game)

External links

• Official website
• Interview at Clarkesworld Magazine, March 2010
• Kij Johnson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database