Mary Rosenblum

Mary Rosenblum (born Mary Freeman; June 27, 1952 – March 11, 2018) was an American science fiction and mystery author. In 1994 she won the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel for the novel, "The Drylands". In 2009 she won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History Short Form for her story, "Sacrifice."
Rosenblum was killed in an airplane crash on March 11, 2018, near an airfield south of La Center, Washington. She was 65 years old.