Judy Troy

{{short description|American novelist}}

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Judy Troy (born 1951) is a professor emerita 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 a 1996 Whiting Award.

Her work includes "Ramone" appearing in The Habit of Art : Best Stories from the Indiana University Fiction Workshop ({{ISBN|0-253-21807-1}}) published 1996 and Ten Miles West of Venus ({{ISBN|0-385-33288-2}}; {{ISBN|0-679-45153-6}}) published 1997. She also has a story in Sudden Fiction (Continued) (60 New Short-Short Stories). Other published works include West of Venus, From the Black Hills ({{ISBN|0-375-50230-0}}) and Mourning Doves: Stories ({{ISBN|0-684-19369-8}}). Mourning Doves was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Award.

Troy attended Munster High School. She has a B.A. from the University of Illinois Chicago in 1976 and an M.A. from Indiana University in 1981.