Mary Troy

Missouri County: St. Louis

Genre: Fiction, Missouri-related, Literature

Audience: Adult

Published Works:

Cookie Lily, SMU Press, 2004; The Alibi Cafe and Other Stories, BkMK Press, 2003; Joe Baker is Dead, University of Missouri Press, 1998.
**Short stories published in The Greensboro Review, American Literary Review, Boulevard, River Styx, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications.
**Has published essays in the award-winning anthology, In the Middle of the Middle West.

Have any works been translated into other languages?No

Awards: Devil's Kitchen Reading Award for Best Book of Prose for, Cookie Liliy, 2004; The Alibi Cafe was a Finalist for the William Rockhill Nelson Award; Nelson Algren Award from the Chicago Tribune for the short story, Do You Believe In The Chicken Hanger, 1999;
Joe Baker is Dead nominated for PEN/Faulkner Award;   Abicho Quarterly Award- 1996; Nominated for Pushcart Prize- 1995 & 1996; "Turning Colder" included in contest anthology, American Fiction- 1993; "Henrietta" included in contest anthology, American Fiction- 1992; John Gould Fletcher Award- 1986.

Speaking Engagements:

Author accepts.
Fee for speaking:  Variable
Limitations on travel: None

Contact Information:

Director, MFA Program
Associate Professor
Department of English
University of Missouri-St. Louis
One University Boulevard
St. Louis, MO. 63121
(314)516-6845
E-mail: marytroy@umsl.edu