Creative Flagstaff, 2023
Viola Awards Finalist
Haunted Flagstaff was named a finalist for the 2023 Viola Awards in Written Storytelling, Flagstaff’s annual honors for arts and culture. Susan Johnson returned as a 2025 finalist for Wicked Flagstaff.
The Record
Press, awards, and evenings on the record
Arizona Daily Sun, June 2022
Hometown Front Page
The Arizona Daily Sun covered the book’s release under the headline Local author explores Flagstaff’s haunted history in new book. Susan writes the paper’s weekly Flagstaff History column.
Bright Side Bookshop, July 2022
The Launch Reading
Haunted Flagstaff launched with a reading and Q&A on the Bright Side Bookshop patio in downtown Flagstaff, a few doors from the buildings in its chapters.
Travel Channel, 2022
The Dead Files Special
The two-hour special The Haunting of Flagstaff investigated the downtown blocks this book documents, with Susan Johnson supplying the town’s dark history.
Citations
- Creative Flagstaff, 2023 Viola Awards finalists: Susan Johnson, Haunted Flagstaff, Written Storytelling
- Arizona Daily Sun, Local author explores Flagstaff haunted history in new book (June 2022)
- Downtown Flagstaff, Haunted Flagstaff reading and Q&A at Bright Side Bookshop (July 14, 2022)
- KNAU, The Dead Files Special Investigation screening listing (2022)
- Discover Flagstaff, the official destination page crediting Susan Johnson as author of all three books