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Mary Troy
Professor Emeritus
,
English, Department of
Email
marytroy
umsl
edu
Overview
Research output
(5)
Personal profile
About
Mary Troy is the author of five books of fiction–three collections of short stories and two novels:
Swimming on Hwy N,
Beauties,
Cookie Lily,
The Alibi Cafe and other stories,
and
Joe Baker Is Dead
. She has won the USA Book award for literary fiction, the Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award, a Nelson Algren award, and more. Her sixth book, New and Selected Stories, will be published in 2020. For more than twenty years, Mary taught in and helped mold the
MFA Program
at the
University of Missouri-St. Louis.
For ten years she was the editor of
Natural Bridge
,
a journal of contemporary literature
.
Contact Information
314-516-6845
Research Interests
Contemporary Literature
Fiction Writing (Novels and Short Stories)
Literary Journal Editing
MFA Programs
Grant Writing
Money for the Arts
How to Find a Publisher/Creative and Fiction Writing
creative writing
publishing
independent presses
novel and short story writing and reading
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities
Research output
5
Book
Research output per year
Research output per year
Swimming on Hwy N
Troy, M.
,
2016
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
Beauties : a novel
Troy, M.
,
2010
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
Cookie Lily / stories by Mary Troy.
Troy, M.
,
2004
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
The Alibi Cafe, and other stories
Troy, M.
,
2003
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book
Joe Baker is dead / stories by Mary Troy.
Troy, M.
,
1998
Research output
:
Book/Report
›
Book