BOOKS SET IN SEDONA, ARIZONA
This collection brings together stand‑alone novels and travelogues
set in and around Sedona, Arizona, where red‑rock canyons and local legends
shape both history and personal journeys. From a twelve-century mystery in a
hidden gorge and the vanished wanderer, Everett Ruess, passing through town, to a
post‑9/11 family road trip that keeps circling back to the red rocks, a 4,000-mile
literary odyssey that begins in Sedona, and a modern disappearance among vortex
hunters and locals, each book shows a different face of the same landscape.
Blending historical fiction, mystery, and authentic travel, this series invites
readers to see Sedona as more than a destination—it’s a place where stories,
and people, are remade.

Oak Creek Canyon's West Fork. Photo by Andrew Holman.

The Sirens of Oak Creek

Historical Mystery

Eight women. Twelve centuries. And a mystical cave that connects it all. This award-winning novel spans 1,200 years, blending Verde Valley history with local mythology in a gripping saga.

 

For readers who love Sedona’s history, legends, and wild places.
Also part of the historical mystery collection, Mysteries of Time and Place .
Sedona Dragons

Modern Mystery

Modern Sedona. A sudden disappearance. And a question no one wants to ask: what lies beneath the red rocks.

 

Perfect for readers who want a true feel for modern Sedona—its ecstatic dances, yoga studios, vortex tours, and back‑road hangouts—told through a story that moves through the town’s most iconic locations. .
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The Legend of Everett Ruess

Historical Fiction

This story follows the real young vagabond as he roams the Southwest in the early 1930s—through Flagstaff, across the canyon country, and into Sedona only months before his disappearance—capturing the restless spirit, art, and wild landscapes that turned him into a myth.

 

Perfect for readers who love real-life wanderers and Western myths—especially fans of Into the Wild and stories of the Southwest .
Also part of the historical fiction collection, Unique Young Explorers.

Oak Creek Canyon's West Fork. Photo by Andrew Holman.

The Road to Sedona

Travelogue

A family loses its footing after 9/11 and sets out on a six‑cross‑country road trip, crisscrossing North America from Maine to Alaska to Baja before repeatedly finding themselves drawn back to Sedona, Arizona, and the promise of a new home there.

 

This true travel memoir is a great read for visitors who want more than a guidebook—an inside look at what it feels like to arrive in Sedona as a seeker, circle the red rocks again and again, and slowly let the town become part of your own story.
Also part of the travelogue collection, Wayward Travels.

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Series by
Robert Louis DeMayo

 

Unique Young Explorers

Historical Fiction

Wayward Travels

Travelogues

Stories of Sedona
& Oak Creek

Local Tales

American Literary Nomads begins in Sedona, Arizona, where a restless reader and his dog set off on a 4,000‑mile road trip in search of the landscapes behind America’s great books.

 

It’s a good choice for visitors who love both Sedona and literature and want to see how the red rocks connect to the wider American road.
Also part of the travelogue collection, Wayward Travels.

The Author on Steamboat Rock, with Thunder Mountain in the Background (Sedona, AZ).

Sedona Places

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