Justin D. Fox

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 – Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford 1999 – Mondi Award for journalism 2004 – Mondi Award for journalism 2006 – third place, J. M. Coetzee PEN short-story award 2009 – runner-up, PICA Travel Writer of the Year Award 2011 – longlist, Alan Paton Award for non-fiction (for The Marginal Safari) 2012 – longlist, Olive Schreiner Prize for literature (for The Marginal Safari) 2012 – runner-up, PICA Travel Writer of the Year Award 2012 – ANFASA bursary for non-fiction writing 2014 – longlist, Etisalat Prize for Literature (for Whoever Fears the Sea) 2014 – Patricia Schonstein – Poetry in McGregor Award