John Fox Jr. (December 16, 1862 – July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer.

His home in Big Stone Gap, Virginia is a museum and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Two moderately successful short story collections followed, as well as his first conventional novel, The Kentuckians in 1898.

[3] Many of his works reflected the naturalist style, his childhood in Kentucky's Bluegrass region, and his life among the coal miners of Big Stone Gap, Virginia.

John Fox Jr. died in 1919 of pneumonia during the global influenza epidemic in Big Stone Gap, Virginia; he was buried in the family plot in Paris, Kentucky[4].