Judy Troy

Who is Judy Troy?

Judy Troy is a Professor at Auburn University, as well as a short story writer and novelist. Before becoming writer-in-residence at Auburn, she taught at Indiana University and the University of Missouri. She received the 1996 Whiting Writers' Award.

Her work includes Ramone appearing in The habit of art : best stories from the Indiana University fiction workshop published 1996 and Ten Miles West of Venus published 1997. She also has a story in Sudden Fiction. Other published works include West of Venus, From the Black Hills and Mourning Doves: Stories. Mourning Doves was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Award.

Troy has a B.A. from the University of Illinois and an M.A. from Indiana University.