Justin D. Fox (born 4 May 1967) is a South African author, photojournalist, lecturer and editor living in Cape Town, South Africa. He was editor of Getaway travel magazine until 2020, and has freelanced internationally for many newspapers and magazines. Educated at SACS junior and high schools, he graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BA in English in 1990. He was elected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1991 and graduated with a masters and a doctorate in English from Oxford University. He is the author of more than a dozen books, ranging from travel and children's literature to photography and fiction.
Fox's book The Impossible Five named South Africa's most elusive animals, including the Cape mountain leopard, the aardvark, the ground pangolin, the white lion, and the riverine rabbit. They are almost impossible to track in the wild, and spotting one in the wild is considered a major accomplishment.
Awards and honours
1991 elected Rhodes Scholar to Oxford University
1999 Winner of a Mondi Award for journalism
2004 Winner of a Mondi Award for journalism
2006 JM Coetzee PEN short-story award, third place
2009 PICA Travel Writer of the Year Award, runner up
2011 Alan Paton Award for non-fiction longlist for The Marginal Safari
2012 Olive Schreiner Prize for literature longlist for The Marginal Safari
2012 PICA Travel Writer of the Year (runner up) 2012 ANFASA bursary for non-fiction writing 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature longlist for Whoever Fears the Sea 2014 Patricia Schonstein ‘Poetry in McGregor Award', winner
Bibliography
Books
The Cape Raider
The 30-Year Safari
My Great Expedition
Mijn Kleine Safari
Secret Cape Town
The Impossible Five
The Hobbsian Line
Whoever Fears the Sea: A Novel
African Epic: The Untamed Mountain-Bike Race
The Marginal Safari: Scouting the Edge of South Africa
Africa Lens: 20 years of Getaway Photography
Cape Town Calling
Under the Sway: a Photographic Journey Through Mozambique
Just Add Dust: Overland from Cape to Cairo
The Best of Getaway Gallery
With Both Hands Waving
The Life and Art of François Krige
Revel Fox: Reflections on the Making of Space
References
External links
Justin Fox – Whoever Fears The Sea (2013) The Impossible Five Travel Writing with Justin Fox