Sherman, Josepha
Entry updated 10 November 2025. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1946-2012) US author, folklorist and anthologist who began to publish work of genre interest with "The Shrouded Sorceress" in Space and Time for April 1981. Most of her output is Fantasy, including her first solo book Golden Girl and the Crystal of Doom (1986 chap), set in the children's Shared World of Golden Girl and the Guardians of the Gemstones (with an accompanying line of Toys), and her first full-length novel The Shining Falcon (1989), which won the 1990 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Memorial Award. Of direct sf interest is the Transformers Tie The Invisibility Factor (1986 chap). Sherman also wrote a number of competent novel ties to the original series of Star Trek (1966-1969), always in collaboration with Susan Shwartz, beginning with Star Trek: Vulcan's Forge (1997) [see Checklist below]. A further sf tie is Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Through the Looking Glass (2005) (see Andromeda).
Sherman's anthology Once Upon a Galaxy (anth 1994) assembles folktales and myths presumed to underlie such modern legends as Superman, Star Trek, Star Wars and J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955 3vols). [DRL]
see also: Roger Bacon.
Josepha Sherman
born New York: 12 December 1946
died 23 August 2012
works
series
Find Your Fate ... Junior
- Golden Girl and the Crystal of Doom (New York: Ballantine Books, 1986) [chap: Find Your Fate ... Junior: Golden Girl and the Guardians of the Gemstones: pb/Ken Barr]
- The Invisibility Factor (New York: Ballantine Books, 1986) [chap: Find Your Fate ... Junior: Transformers: pb/]
Endless Quest
- Endless Quest: Song of the Dark Druid (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR, 1987) [tie to Endless Quest: pb/Jeff Easley]
The Secret of the Unicorn Queen
- Swept Away (New York: Ballantine Books/Fawcett Columbine, 1988) [The Secret of the Unicorn Queen: pb/Rowena Morrill]
- The Dark Gods (New York: Ballantine Books/Fawcett Columbine, 1989) [The Secret of the Unicorn Queen: pb/Rowena Morrill]
Bard's Tale
- Castle of Deception (New York: Baen Books, 1992) with Mercedes Lackey [Bard's Tale: pb/Larry Elmore]
- The Chaos Gate (New York: Baen Books, 1994) with Mercedes Lackey [Bard's Tale: pb/Larry Elmore]
Bardic Choices
- A Cast of Corbies (New York: Baen Books, 1994) with Mercedes Lackey [Bard's Tale: pb/Darrell K Sweet]
Prince of the Sidhe
- The Shattered Oath (New York: Baen Books, 1995) [Prince of the Sidhe: pb/Ruth Sanderson]
- Forging the Runes (New York: Baen Books, 1996) [Prince of the Sidhe: pb/Ruth Sanderson]
Star Trek
- Star Trek: Vulcan's Forge (New York: Pocket Books, 1997) with Susan Shwartz [tie to the Star Trek universe: Star Trek: pb/Keith Birdsong]
- Star Trek: Vulcan's Heart (New York: Pocket Books, 1999) with Susan Shwartz [tie to the Star Trek universe: Star Trek: pb/Dru Blair]
- Vulcan's Soul: Exodus (New York: Pocket Books, 2004) with Susan Shwartz [tie to the Star Trek universe: Star Trek: pb/John Vairo Jr]
- Vulcan's Soul: Exiles (New York: Pocket Books, 2006) with Susan Shwartz [tie to the Star Trek universe: Star Trek: pb/Craig White]
- Vulcan's Soul: Epiphany (New York: Pocket Books, 2007) with Susan Shwartz [tie to the Star Trek universe: Star Trek: pb/John Vairo Jr]
- Vulcan's Soul (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2007) with Susan Shwartz [omni of the above three: tie to the Star Trek universe: Star Trek: pb/John Vairo Jr and Craig White]
Highlander
- The Captive Soul (New York: Warner Aspect, 1998) [tie: Highlander: pb/]
Xena: Warrior Princess
- Xena: All I Need to Know I Learned from the Warrior Princess (New York: Pocket Books, 1998) [tie: Xena: Warrior Princess: pb/]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Visitors (New York: Pocket Archway, 1999) with Laura Anne Gilman [tie: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: pb/]
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Deep Water (New York: Pocket Pulse, 2000) with Laura Anne Gilman [tie: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: pb/]
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Through the Looking Glass (New York: Tor, 2005) [tie to Andromeda: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: pb/]
individual titles
- The Shining Falcon (New York: Avon Books, 1989) [pb/Kinuko Craft]
- The Horse of Flame (New York: Avon Books, 1990) [pb/Kinuko Craft]
- Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (New York: Walker and Co, 1992) [hb/Rick Farley]
- A Strange and Ancient Name (New York: Baen Books, 1993) [pb/Darrell K Sweet]
- Windleaf (New York: Walker and Co, 1993) [hb/Rick Farley]
- Gleaming Bright (New York: Walker and Co, 1994) [hb/Sue Ellen Brown]
- King's Son, Magic's Son (New York: Baen Books, 1994) [pb/Clyde Caldwell]
- Son of Darkness (New York: Roc, 1998) [hb/Luis Royo]
works as editor
- A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (Little Rock, Arkansas: August House, 1992) [anth: hb/Jacqueline Chwast]
- Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish Folktales (Little Rock, Arkansas: August House, 1993) [anth: hb/]
- Once Upon a Galaxy (Little Rock, Arkansas: August House, 1994) [anth: in the publisher's American Storytelling series: hb/]
- Orphans of the Night (New York: Walker and Co, 1995) [anth: hb/Sue Ellen Brown]
- Lammas Night (New York: Baen Books, 1996) [anth: pb/Victoria Poyser]
- Trickster Tales: Forty Folk Stories from Around the World (Little Rock, Arkansas: August House, 1996) [anth: in the publisher's World Storytelling series: hb/]
- Urban Nightmares (New York: Baen Books, 1997) with Keith R A DeCandido [anth: pb/David Mattingly]
- Merlin's Kin: World Tales of the Heroic Magician (Little Rock, Arkansas: August House, 1998) [anth: in the publisher's World Storytelling series: hb/]
- Magic Hoofbeats: Horse Tales from Many Lands (New York: Barefoot Books, 2004) [anth: chap: pb/Linda S Wingerter]
- Young Warriors: Stories of Strength (New York: Random House, 2005) with Tamora Pierce [anth: hb/Eric Demski, Joyce Tenneson]
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