| Intro | South African writer |
| A.K.A. | Judy-Ann Heinemann |
| Is |
Writer Novelist Poet |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
16 December 1958 |
| Age | 62 years |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
Judy Croome (born Judy-Ann Heinemann on 16 December 1958) is a South African novelist, short story writer, and poet, who was born in Zvishavane, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). She received a Master of Arts (English) degree from the University of South Africa. She currently lives in Johannesburg with her husband, tax advocate and author Dr Beric John Croome.
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 (South Africa) and internationally by various on-line magazines and websites.
In 2016, Croome was the external judge of the poetry section in the Writers2000(South Africa)(1985) annual writing competition. In 2011, Croome’s “The Place of the Doves” was shortlisted for the African Flash Fiction writing award.
Works
- a stranger in a strange land (2015)
- The Weight of a Feather and other stories (2013)
- a Lamp at Midday (2012)
- Dancing in the Shadows of Love (2011, second edition 2012)