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. 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.