Josepha Sherman
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Josepha Sherman is an American author. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award
for the novel The Shining Falcon.
Compton Crook Award
The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the...
for the novel The Shining Falcon.
Buffyverse
- Visitors (Buffy novel)Visitors (Buffy novel)Visitors is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Tagline: "The slayer is being stalked".-Plot summary:...
(1999) (with Laura Anne GilmanLaura Anne GilmanLaura Anne Gilman is an American fantasy author.-Biography:Laura Anne Gilman was born in 1967 in suburban New Jersey. She received a Liberal Arts education from the Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and was inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta honors society...
) - Deep Water (Buffy novel)Deep WaterDeep Water is a suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, first published in 1957 by Harper & Row.-Synopsis:In the small town of Little Wesley, intellectual publisher Victor Van Allen decides to discourage his wife Melinda’s many lovers by hinting to them that he may have killed her previous beau,...
(2000) (with Laura Anne Gilman)
Novels
- Golden Girl and the Crystal of Doom (1986)
- The Shining Falcon (1989) -- based on the Russian fairy taleFairy taleA fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
The Feather of Finist the FalconThe Feather of Finist the FalconThe Feather of Finist the Falcon or Finist the Falcon is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki.It is Aarne–Thompson type 432, the prince as bird... - The Horse of Flame (1990)
- Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (1992)
- A Strange and Ancient Name (1992)
- Windleaf (1993)
- Gleaming Bright (1994)
- King's Son, Magic's Son (1994) -- based on the Child ballad King EstmereKing EstmereKing Estmere is an English and Scottish Child ballad and number 60 of 305 ballads collected by Francis James Child.-Synopsis:King Estmere's brother Alder the Younger urges him to marry King Adland's daughter, and suggests that he look at the lady himself, rather than be deceived by any description...
- Son of Darkness (1998)
- Barrel Racing (2000)
- Bull Riding(2000)
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 LackeyMercedes LackeyMercedes "Misty" Lackey is a best-selling American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar...
) - 4. The Chaos Gate (1994)
Star Trek (with Susan M 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 SoulHighlander: The Captive SoulHighlander: The Captive Soul is the eighth official Highlander novel based on Highlander: The Series. It was written by Josepha Sherman. It is the first novel to focus in the character of Methos, rather than Duncan MacLeod.-Plot introduction:...
(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)
- 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 PierceTamora PierceTamora Pierce is an author of fantasy literature for young adults. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania. Best known for writing stories involving young heroines, she made a name for herself with her first quartet The Song of the Lioness, which followed the main character Alanna...
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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)
- 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 ChamplainSamuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608....
: Explorer of the Great Lakes Region and Founder of Quebec (2002) - Henry HudsonHenry HudsonHenry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a prospective Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle...
: 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)
- Alternate Warriors (1993)
- Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994)
- Weird Tales from Shakespeare (1994
- Witch Fantastic (1994)
- Xanadu 3 (1994)
- Chicks in ChainmailChicks in ChainmailChicks in Chainmail is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther M. Friesner, with a cover by Larry Elmore. It consists of works featuring female protagonists by female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in September 1995, with a hardcover edition following from...
(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)
- Magic Tails (2005)
Short stories
- The Magic-stealer (1991)
- Monsieur Verne and the Martian Invasion (1993)
- 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)
- Cat-Friend (2005)