Judy Croome


Judy Croome is a South African novelist, short story writer, and poet, who was born in Zvishavane, Southern Rhodesia. She received a Master of Arts degree from the University of South Africa. She currently lives in Johannesburg. Croome was married to South African tax law scholar, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and tax author, the late Dr Beric John Croome, who died in April 2019 after a long illness.
Croome’s short stories and poetry have been published in The Huffington Post, the University of Witwatersrand’s School of Literature, Language and Media’s Itch Magazine and in various print anthologies released by small presses in the United States and South Africa
Croome has also appeared on South African national television on the South African Broadcasting Corporation's Channel 2 Morning Live show and on South African national radio on the SAFM Sunday Literature programme.
Croome has also had articles published in South Africa, including The Sunday Times and internationally by various on-line magazines and websites.
In 2016, Croome was the external judge of the poetry section in the Writers2000 annual writing competition. In 2011, Croome’s “The Place of the Doves” was shortlisted for the African Flash Fiction writing award.

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