Josepha Sherman  | |
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| Born | December 12, 1946 | 
| Died | August 23, 2012 (aged 65) | 
| Resting place | Hebrew Burial Association Cemetery, East Haven, Connecticut | 
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| Nationality | American | 
| Period | 1986–2012 | 
| Genre | fantasy, science fiction | 
| Subject | folklore, mythology | 
| Notable works | The Shining Falcon | 
| Notable awards | Compton Crook Award | 
| Website | |
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Josepha Sherman (December 12, 1946 – August 23, 2012) was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist.[1] In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon.[2]
Works
Series
Buffyverse
- Visitors (1999) (with Laura Anne Gilman)
 - Deep Water (2000) (with Laura Anne Gilman)
 
Find Your Fate Junior Transformers
- 9. The Invisibility Factor (1986)
 
Bardic Choices (with Mercedes Lackey)
- 1. A Cast of Corbies (1994)
 
Prince of the Sidhe
- 1. The Shattered Oath (1995)
 - 2. Forging the Runes (1996)
 
Novels
- Golden Girl and the Crystal of Doom (1986)
 - The Shining Falcon (1989) -- based on the Russian fairy tale The Feather of Finist the Falcon
 - The Horse of Flame (1990)
 - Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (1992) - based on the French fairy tale Graciosa and Percinet
 - A Strange and Ancient Name (1992)
 - Windleaf (1993)
 - Gleaming Bright (1994)
 - King's Son, Magic's Son (1994) -- based on the Child ballad King Estmere
 - Son of Darkness (1998)
 
Series contributed to
- Secret of the Unicorn Queen
 - Swept Away! (1988)
 - The Dark Gods (1989)
 - Swept Away / Sun Blind (2004) (with Gwen Hansen)
 
Bard's Tale
- 1. Castle of Deception (1992) (with Mercedes Lackey)
 - 4. The Chaos Gate (1994)
 
Star Trek (with Susan Shwartz)
- Vulcan's Forge (1997)
 - Vulcan's Heart (1999)
 - Exodus: Vulcan's Soul Book One (2004)
 - Exiles: Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Book Two (2006)
 - Epiphany: Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Book Three (2007)
 
Highlander
- Highlander: The Captive Soul (1998)
 
Mage Knight
- 4. The Black Thorn Gambit (2004)
 
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- 4. Through the Looking Glass (2005)
 
Anthologies edited
- A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (1992)
 - Rachel the Clever: And Other Jewish Folktales (1993)
 - Orphans of the Night (1995)
 - In Celebration of Lammas Night (1995)
 - Trickster Tales: Forty Folk Stories from Around the World (1996)
 - Lammas Night (1996) (with Mercedes Lackey)
 - Urban Nightmares (1997) (with Keith R.A. DeCandido)
 - Merlin's Kin: World Tales of the Heroic Magician (1998)
 - Told Tales: Nine Folktales from Around the World (1999)
 - Magic Hoofbeats: Fabulous Horse Tales (2004)
 - Young Warriors: Stories Of Strength (2005) (with Tamora Pierce)
 
Non-fiction
- Indian Tribes of North America (1986)
 - Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts: The Subversive Folklore of Childhood (1995) (with T K F Weisskopf)
 - The First Americans: Spirit of the Land and the People (1996)
 - Xena: All I Need to Know I Learned from the Warrior Princess (1998)
 - Artificial Intelligence (2000) (with Robert L Perry)
 - Build Your Own Website (2000) (with Robert L Perry)
 - Multimedia Magic (2000) (with Robert L Perry)
 - Personal Computer Communications (2000) (with Robert L Perry)
 - Bill Gates: Computer King (2000)
 - Barrel Racing (2000)
 - Bull Riding (2000)
 - Jeff Bezos: King of Amazon (2001)
 - Larry Ellison: Sheer Nerve (2001) (with Daniel Ehrenhaft)
 - The Ear: Learning How We Hear (2001)
 - The Upper Limbs: Learning about How We Use Our Arms, Elbows, Forearms, and Hands (2001)
 - Samuel de Champlain: Explorer of the Great Lakes Region and Founder of Quebec (2002)
 - Henry Hudson: English Explorer of the Northwest Passage (2002)
 - Mythology for Storytellers (2002)
 - Competitive Soccer for Girls (2002)
 - Deep Space Observation Satellites (2003)
 - The History of the Internet (2003)
 - The History of the Personal Computer (2003)
 - Internet Safety (2003)
 - Flakes and Flurries: A Book about Snow (2003)
 - Gusts and Gales: A Book about Wind (2003)
 - Nature's Fireworks: A Book about Lightning (2003)
 - Splish Splash!: A Book about Rain (2003)
 - Sunshine: A Book about Sunlight (2003)
 - Shapes in the Sky: A Book about Clouds (2003)
 - The Cold War (2003)
 - Your Travel Guide to Ancient China (2003)
 - Your Travel Guide to Ancient Israel (2003)
 - Geothermal Power (2003)
 - Hydroelectric Power (2003)
 - Nuclear Power (2003)
 - Solar Power (2003)
 - Wind Power (2003)
 - It's a Www. World (2004)
 - Fossil Fuel Power (2004)
 - Queen Lydia Liliuokalani, Last Ruler of Hawaii (2004)
 
Anthologies contribution
- First Contact (1987)
 - Dragon Fantastic (1992)
 - Alternate Warriors (1993)
 - Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994)
 - Weird Tales from Shakespeare (1994
 - Witch Fantastic (1994)
 - Xanadu 3 (1994)
 - Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
 - Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (1995)
 - Superheroes (1995)
 - Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (1996)
 - Future Net (1996)
 - Otherwere (1996)
 - The Shimmering Door (1996)
 - Space Opera (1996)
 - Elf Magic (1997)
 - Return of the Dinosaurs (1997)
 - Wizard Fantastic (1997)
 - Zodiac Fantastic (1997)
 - Black Cats and Broken Mirrors (1998)
 - Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
 - Children of the Night (1999)
 - Flights of Fantasy (1999)
 - Twice Upon a Time (1999)
 - Civil War Fantastic (2000)
 - Guardsmen of Tomorrow (2000)
 - Perchance to Dream (2000)
 - The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age (2004)
 - Magic Tails (2005)
 - Sword and Sorceress XXIV (2009)
 
Short stories
- The Magic-stealer (1991)
 - Monsieur Verne and the Martian Invasion (1993) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Warriors)
 - Ancient Magics, Ancient Hope (1994)
 - The Defender of Central Park (1994)
 - Racehorse Predicts the Future! (1994)
 - The Case of the Purloined L'Isitek (1995)
 - Old Woman Who Created Life (1995)
 - Teacher's Pet (1995)
 - Witch-Horse (1995)
 - The Coyote Virus (1996)
 - I've Got the Horse, Right Here (1996)
 - Mother Knows Best (1996)
 - One Late Night, with Jackal (1996)
 - A Song of Strange Revenge (1996)
 - Fangs for the Memory (1997)
 - A Game of Mehen (1997)
 - Ilian (1997)
 - Netted (1997)
 - Wild Hope (1997)
 - The Cat Who Wasn't Black (1998)
 - Feeding Frenzy Or the Further Adventures of the Frog Prince (1999)
 - A Question of Faith (1999)
 - Shiftless (1999)
 - The Dreams That Stuff Is Made of (2000)
 - Images (2000)
 - The Silver Flame (2000)
 - "A Hero for the Gods" (2004)
 - Cat-Friend (2005)
 - The Case Of The Haunted City (2009)
 
Television
References
- ↑ "Josepha Sherman: 1946-2012". ComicMix. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
 - ↑ "Compton Crook Award Winners". Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
 
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