Literary Arizona
While Arizona has been home to several major authors, ranging from authors of Western literature to a US National Poet Laureate, it offers only a few literary places that are directly connected to them and remain open to the public. Fortunately, most are located near other significant attractions, like the Grand Canyon, Old West towns, and Phoenix, so they can be easily added to vacation itineraries.
This literary trail includes a Route 66 hotel and restaurant, a 1907 historic building transformed to a creative writing center, a vintage cabin, an enjoyable memorial to a cartoonist, and an Old West hunting lodge that has become available for Western-style destination weddings.
For information about current and upcoming Arizona literary events and activities, check out the websites of the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson (https://poetry.arizona.edu/visit/about-poetry-center) and the Arizona Center for the Book in Phoenix (https://azlibrary.gov/libdev/arizona-center-book.
Click any link below for author and place information featuring:
A. Bil Keane, Paradise Valley
B. Rita Dove, Tempe
C-D. Zane Grey, Flagstaff and Payson
E. James Willard Schultz, Greer
Notably, Erma Bombeck and Barbara Park also lived in Arizona, but their homes are not open to the public.
Welcome to the Arizona Author Adventure Trail:
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