Local Authors

Many artists, poets, authors and filmmakers call Bisbee home, and the Copper Queen Library is thrilled to house the many written works of our patrons.  Click on the individual titles of the works below to view more information about the item in the Cochise County Library Catalog.  Feel free to place a hold on an item and have it delivered to any library within Cochise County.
​Mike Anderson - Local Historian
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​Mary Jane Bank - Local Artist & Children's Book Author :  
​ABCs of Bisbee
​Dogs of Bisbee
​Pigs of Bisbee
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​Amy Bingaman
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​Betsy Breault - Local Artist & Author
​Sellers in the Kitchen : Romancing the Ghost of George Wiley Sellers
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​Carol Byron - Local Mystery Author
​Bisbee Blues
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​Colleen Crowlie - Local Historian & Author
​Bisbee Walls : Past and Present
​I Know Why She Swallowed a Fly
​The Curse of the Black Bubblegum : A Bisbee Halloween
​Step by Step : Beautiful Bisbee Plants
​Genealogy : Sources for Information in Cochise County, Arizona
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​Keith Edward - Local Blues Musican
​The Legend of the Blues Wizard - DVD
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​Dana Byard - Local Poet and Artist
Joe Gilliland - Local Teacher and Author
​A Teacher's Tale : A Memoir​
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​Doug Graeme - Local Historian on Mining
​Glossary of Mining and Mining-Related Terms Used in Bisbee, AZ
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​Richard Graeme III - Local Historian on Mining
Seven Bells : Mine Safety & Accidents at Bisbee, Arizona​
​Treasures of the Queen : The Amazing Minerals and Mystery of Bisbee, AZ
​Whispers of the Underworld : The Red-Light District in Bisbee, Arizona
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​Diane Gregg - Local Midwife & Author
​Amazing Birth Stories
​Kids Involved with Birth = Ninos Enlazados en el Nacimiento
​Tree of Life : Stories of Birth
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​Michael Gregory - Local Poet
​Hunger Weather, 1959-1975
​Millennium Letter
​Re : Play
​The Valley Floor
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​Jill Harding - Local Children's Book Author
​Dragonfly Magic
​The Sign Fairy
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​Renee Harper - Local Ghost Tour Operator & Author
​Paranormal Arizona : Mysteries, Mayhem, Murder & Mischief
​Southern Arizona's Most Haunted
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​Beth Henson - Local Historian & Author
​Agrarian Revolt in the Sierra of Chihuahua, 1959-1965
​Bisbee, 1984
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​Doug Hocking - Local Historian & Author
​The Black Legend : George Bascom, Cochise, and the Start of the Start of the Apache Wars
​Devil on the Loose
​Massacre at Point of Rocks
​Mystery of Chaco Canyon
​Tom Jeffords, Friend of Cochise
​Wildest West : An Anthology of Stories About the Southwest in the 1850s & 60s
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​Karen Justice - Local Financial Advisor & Author
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​Sergio Lalli - Local Author
​A Man of Honor : The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno
​Our Lady of the Serpent : How She Came to Be
​Sandals on the Ground, Minds in the Clouds : All About Jesus
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​Ken Lamberton - Local Poet & Author
​Beyond Desert Walls : Essays from Prison
​Chasing Arizona : One Man's Yearlong Obsession with the Grand Canyon State
​Chiricahua Mountains : Bridging the Borders of Wildness
​Dry River : Stories of Life, Death and Redemption on the Santa Cruz
​Time of Grace : Thoughts on Nature, Family, and the Politics of Crime and Punishment
​Wilderness and Razor Wire

​Annie Larkin - Local Historian & Author
​Bisbee : Postcard History Series
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​Ben Mack - Local Author
​Think Two Products Ahead : Secrets the Big Advertising Agencies Don't Want You to Know and How to Use Them for Bigger Products
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​Kevin McBeth - Local Teacher & Author
​Necklace for the Neckless : A Tale of Human Nature
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​Cathy Murphy - Local Photographer & Author
​Marching Through History with Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers : A Photo Documentary
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​Nicholl, Boyd - Local Photographer, Historian & Author
​Alex O'Meara - Local Teacher & Author
​Bad Day for the Home Team
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​Cat Parenti - Local Author
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​Wes Patience - Local Historian & Author
​Alma, August & Maud : Three Swedish Families, 1898-1972
​Bune to Bisbee and Back : A Swedish Family's Pilgrimage, 1883-2004
​Dinners & Disasters : Three Swedish Families, 1898-1972
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​Maria Luisa Retana - Local Bilingual Children's Author
​The Afternoon Snack
​Born into the Pack
​Grandma's Trunk
​How the Fox Got His Color = Como el Zorro Obtuvo su Color
​The Mystic Call
​The Pig That Is Not a Pig
​Tall Tails from a Mountain Slope = Los Rabos Altos de la Ladera
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​Grace Saalsaa - Local Author
​A Nearly Perfect Dog
​Dona Schell - Local Author
​Skating Through Coleman
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​Anthony Schlagel - Local Author
​My Dog, Me
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​Kim Scott - Local Historian & Author
​Yellowstone Denied : The Life of Gustavus Cheyney
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​Richard Shelton - Local Author
Crossing the Yard : Thirty Years as a Prison Volunteer​
​Going Back to Bisbee
​The Last Person to Hear Your Voice
​Nobody Rich or Famous : A Family Memoir
​Selected Poems, 1969-1981
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​Doug Stanhope - Comedian and Local Author
Digging Up Mother : A Love Story​
​This is Not Fame : A "From What I Re-Memoir"
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Debrah Strait - Local Author
​The Dragon's Gold
​Notes from Bisbee : Twenty Years of Living with Rattlesnakes, Killer Bees, and Folks in Need of Supervision
​Betsy Thornton - Local Mystery Author & Poet
​The Cowboy Rides Away
​Dead for the Winter
​Dream Queen
​Empty Houses : A Kate Waters Mystery
​Ghost Towns
​High Lonesome Road
​On Davis Road : 8 Poems
​A Song for You
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​Jay Treiber - Local Teacher & Author
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​Emelie Vardaman - Local Children's Book Author
​Susan Wille - Local Author
​A People's History of Bisbee - Audiobook on CD
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​Peter Young - Local Artist & Author
​Postcard Pieces
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