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 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.