# Josepha Sherman

Josepha Sherman (December 12, 1946 – August 23, 2012) was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon.

## 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

* The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986)