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Kij Johnson (; born Katherine Irenae Johnson January 20, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa) is an American writer of fantasy. 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, 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 serves as a final judge for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Johnson is the author of three novels 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". She was a finalist for the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 Hugo Awards; the 2008, 2010 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016 Nebula Awards; and the 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2019 World Fantasy Awards. In January 2013, Johnson gave the inaugural Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford, speaking on the topic of fantasy literature. Selected awards and nominations 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". Finalist, Collection (2013). At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories. Finalist, Short Fiction (2011). "Ponies". Finalist, Novelette (2008). "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park after the Change". Finalist, Novel (2004). Fudoki. William L. Crawford Fantasy Award Winner (1999). 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) "Myths"/"Myth Girls". (Andrew Vachss's Underground 3. Ed. Andrew Vachss. Milwaukie OR: Dark Horse Comics, 1994) (Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks. Ed. Emily Pohl-Weary. Toronto: Sumach Press, 2004) "What Dogs Hunt in their Dreams". (Buried Treasures: An Anthology of Unpublished Pulphouse Stories. Ed. Jerry Oltion. Eugene: Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, 1996) "The Heart of a Minotaur". (The Duelist 21. Jan 1998) "The Knife's Edge". (The Duelist 23. Mar 1998) "Old Wars". (The Duelist 25. May 1998) "Crovax's Tale". (Rath and Storm. Renton: TSR, 1998) "Chenting, in the Land of the Dead". (Realms of Fan.... Discover the Kij Johnson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Kij Johnson books.