Judy Doenges

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Judy Doenges

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'''Judy Doenges''' is an American writer and associate professor at [[Colorado State University]]

[[Katherine Dieckmann]], in ''[[The New York Times]]'', described Doenges' 1999 short story collection ''What She Left Me'' as "a superb debut" and the stories as "an eclectic and often wryly comical bunch, with an impressive range of protagonists".

Her ''What She Left Me'' won the 2000 [[Ferro-Grumley Award]] for lesbian literature,{{cite web |title=The Ferro-Grumley Awards |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/ferro-grumley-awards/ |website=The Publishing Triangle |access-date=20 April 2026}} and her short story "Melinda", originally published in ''[[The Kenyon Review]]'', was included in the 2011 ''[[PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories]]''.{{cite web |title=PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011 by Prize Jury: A.M. Homes, Manuel Muñoz, Christine Schutt Edited with an introduction by Laura Furman |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/57131/peno-henry-prize-stories-2011-by-prize-jury--am-homes-manuel-munoz-christine-schutt-edited-with-an-introduction-by-laura-furman/9780307472373 |website=www.penguinrandomhouse.ca |publisher=Penguin Random House Canada |access-date=20 April 2026 |language=en}}

She retired from [[Colorado State University]] in 2019, having taught literature and creative writing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.{{cite web |title=Judy Doenges: Memories and Good Wishes - English |url=https://english.colostate.edu/news/judy-doenges-memories-and-good-wishes/ |publisher=Colorado State University |access-date=20 April 2026 |date=29 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Faculty Profile: Judy Doenges - English |url=https://english.colostate.edu/news/faculty-profile-judy-doenges/ |website= |publisher=Colorado State University |access-date=20 April 2026 |date=9 May 2014}}

==Selected publications==
*{{cite book |last1=Doenges |first1=Judy |title=What she left me: stories and novella |date=1999 |publisher=Middlebury College Press ; University Press of New England |location=[Middlebury, Vt.] : Hanover, NH |isbn=978-0874519372}}{{cite news |last1=Dieckmann |first1=Katharine |title=Out of the Closet, or Whatever |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/08/15/reviews/990815.15dieckmt.html |access-date=20 April 2026 |work=New York Times |agency=archive.nytimes.com |date=August 15, 1999}}
*{{cite book |last1=Doenges |first1=Judy |title=The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |date=2006 |publisher=University of Michigan Regional |isbn=978-0472115617}}{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=Martha |title=Coming Out in Lilac (IL) |journal=The Gay & Lesbian Review |date=November-December 2006 |url=https://glreview.org/article/article-942/ |access-date=20 April 2026}}{{cite news |title=The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/judy-doenges/the-most-beautiful-girl-in-the-world/ |access-date=20 April 2026 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=April 15, 2006 |language=en}}
* {{cite book |last1=Doenges |first1=Judy |editor1-last=Furman |editor1-first=Laura |title=PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011 |date=2011 |isbn=9780307472373 |chapter=Melinda}} (originally published in ''[[The Kenyon Review]]''){{cite web |title=Introduction to 2011 PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories |url=https://pen.org/introduction-to-2011-peno-henry-prize-stories/ |website=PEN America |access-date=20 April 2026 |date=13 April 2011}}

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