resting_place death_date subject awards nationality notableworks birth_date period genre article_title occupation
hebrew burial association cemetery , east haven , connecticut 23 august 2012 folklore , mythology compton crook award american '' the shining falcon '' 12 december 1946 1986 & ndash ; 2012 fantasy , science fiction josepha sherman
 author , editor , folklorist
josepha sherman

josepha sherman -lrb- december 12 , 1946 -- august 23 , 2012 -rrb- was an american author , folklorist , and anthologist .
in 1990 she won the compton crook award for the novel `` the shining falcon '' .
