The Books

Flagstaff, in four dark volumes

Four books, one town. Three researched and written by Susan Johnson for The History Press, and a fourth from the Spooky America series that hands her hauntings to readers ages 8 to 12. Together they hold the haunted, the wicked, and the tragic layers of Flagstaff, Arizona.

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Coming August 18, 2026 · For Young Readers

The Ghostly Tales of Flagstaff

Arcadia Children’s Books · Spooky America series · 2026

The stories from Susan Johnson’s Haunted Flagstaff, adapted for readers ages 8 to 12 by Julie Rathsack. The newest addition to the shelf.

Paperback ISBN 978-1467190039 · $12.99

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Her Newest Book · September 2024

Wicked Flagstaff

The wild early days of northern Arizona’s largest city

The History Press · Wicked series · 2024

Saloons, swindlers, and rough frontier justice: the decades before Flagstaff learned to behave. Her newest authored book.

2025 Viola Awards finalist, Excellence in Storytelling

Paperback ISBN 978-1467156394 · $24.99

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Haunted Flagstaff

The History Press · Haunted America series · 2022
With an afterword by Dr. Karen J. Renner

The hotels, the theater, the library: a mountain town’s documented hauntings, told with a historian’s sourcing rather than a campfire whisper.

2023 Viola Awards finalist, Written Storytelling

Paperback ISBN 978-1467150699 · $21.99

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Flagstaff’s Walkup Family Murders

A Shocking 1937 Tragedy

The History Press · True Crime series · 2021

The 1937 tragedy Flagstaff spent decades trying to forget, reconstructed with care from records and contemporary reporting. This is the case Susan brought to Travel Channel’s The Dead Files in 2022.

Paperback ISBN 978-1467147156 · $21.99

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