Judy Troy (born 1951) is a

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Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

, 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

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. 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 (Continued) (60 New Short-Short Stories)''. 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.

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Bio at Auburn Univ.Profile at The Whiting Foundation
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