Arizona Book Authors

BestCompaniesAZ is proud to support Arizona-based book authors by helping connect their stories with HR professionals, business leaders, employers, employees, and the broader community. We invite you to browse this growing list of talented local authors and join us in celebrating their work by purchasing their books and supporting voices right here in our own backyard.

We’re also honored to partner with InkFox Publicity (a LAVIDGE Co.), an expansion and relaunch of the agency’s proven Book Publicity Program to help local authors amplify their message and reach the right leaders and readers. The InkFox Publicity team is offering a complimentary consultation – connect with them here to learn more.

The Last Ordinary Life

In The Last Ordinary Life, debut author Cynthia Bowers invites readers on a deeply personal journey, recounting her life-altering decision to donate one of her kidneys to a critically ill 11-year-old boy at Phoenix Children s Hospital. Registered on the transplant list and running out of time, the boy s only hope came from a woman he had never met.

Turning Intuition Into Science

Do you have people issues within your organization that never seem to improve, no matter how you address them? Maybe you know or have a sense of who is involved, what is happening, and even have an idea of how to resolve it. Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) helps you identify what is really happening and offers effective strategies for overcoming it.

Finding KIND

In Finding KIND, Kari delivers a vulnerable, honest, and relatable narrative over a decade as an autism mom. With laughter, tears, and reflection, she invites readers to walk alongside her like a trusted friend and offers practical tools to use the Gospel to reshape how we view plans, pain, and purpose.

Beyond “Thank You for Your Service”

Beyond “Thank You for Your Service” is a one-of-a-kind guidebook for anyone who loves our Service members. Each chapter explores ways to express a deeper level of gratitude for the men and women who sacrifice so much for the liberties we often take for granted. Discover what a Veteran Champion is, what they do, and how you can become one.

Reimagining Learning: The Power of Triple Loop Leadership

In Triple Loop Leadership, Dr. Jeff McGee presents a groundbreaking leadership framework designed to shift leaders beyond surface-level solutions. This book dives into the untapped potential within leaders to drive deep, systemic change by challenging personal biases, promoting adaptability, and embracing vulnerability.

The Startup Lifecycle

Due to a range of frequent and unavoidable mistakes, only 10% of startups make it beyond 5 years. In this game-changing guide, startup veteran and serial entrepreneur Gregory Shepard combines 12 startup exits, 4 private equity awards, and decades’ worth of expert insight and industry experience—including interviews with real entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Air Force Fighter Pilots, and more—to present you with straightforward, actionable strategies for mapping out your startup and achieving success.

The Leader’s Guide to Mastering Feedback

The Leader’s Guide to Mastering Feedback is a practical, human-centered roadmap for leaders who want to provide feedback to fuel trust, performance, and growth. Blending real-world examples, reflective tools, and actionable frameworks, the book helps leaders build feedback-rich cultures, navigate tough conversations with confidence, and turn everyday moments into leadership impact results.

Revolutionizing Recruitment

In Revolutionizing Recruitment, Kathleen Duffy shares the insights that have made her a leading authority on recruitment research. As an expert at connecting employers with the skilled, talented candidates who make their organizations even better, she has created an innovative method centered around five key steps: strategy development, name generation, position promotion, candidate evaluation, and presentation and reporting.

The Collaboration Illusion

In The Collaboration Illusion, Anca Castillo and Cary Lopez, PhD uncover why collaboration breaks down and how to design environments where people think clearly, trust quickly, and navigate hard conversations without derailing the work.

The Human Capital Playbook

Struggling to hire, engage, or keep great people? The Human Capital Playbook shows leaders how to turn talent into a true competitive advantage. Practical, real-world strategies to reduce turnover, build aligned teams, and create cultures where people and businesses actually thrive.

Interview Speak

Interview Speak: What your interviewer really wants to know shows you how to have more successful and less stressful job interviews by answering the questions behind the questions. Written for job seekers in any field, it helps you prepare your own authentic answers that will make you stand out.

A New Work Mindset

Join Juan Kingsbury as he takes you through a refreshing perspective around why we work. Using humor and the blunt truth, Juan uses his expertise as a talent strategist to pull back the curtain on the illusive concepts of motivation, culture, performance and finding fulfillment at work.

Stop Trying to Be a Leader

Leadership isn't a performance. It's identity. Most leadership books tell you what to do. This one asks who you're becoming. Because the exhaustion you feel isn't from the workload—it's from performing a version of leadership that doesn't fit.

Leading with Civility

Leading with Civility is a practical call to action for leaders who want to build strong cultures without sacrificing performance. The book shows that civility is not softness. It is a strategic advantage that drives trust, engagement, and long-term results. Dr. Will Moreland demonstrates how everyday leadership behaviors shape culture, either strengthening it or slowly eroding it. The message is clear. Leaders who choose civility lead better, last longer, and leave a legacy worth protecting.

Kim Bussing

Kim a New York Times-bestselling author of fairy tales for children and adults and a frequent speaker on the power of storytelling. In her bestselling series, fairy tales meets Freaky Friday in this New York Times-bestselling middle grade series that reimagines favorite classic fairytale princesses in each other’s stories. Perfect for fans of Disney princesses, The School for Good and Evil, and A Tale of Magic.

Hiring on Purpose

Cofounders of the cutting-edge executive recruiting agency, Y Scouts, Max Hansen and Brian Mohr provide powerful strategies for shifting your hiring philosophy. This groundbreaking guide will help you cut through the usual interview and resume BS to recognize and attract innovative problem-solvers who fit perfectly with your company’s culture, mission, and DNA.

Self Made: From Poverty to Published

You don't need an MBA to build a powerful network. You need authentic relationships. In (Not) SELF MADE: From Poverty to Published, Greenwalt shares a practical, blue-collar approach to professional networking that works in any industry.

Planet Walking, a Handbook for the Living

Planet Walking: A Handbook for the Living is a practical, six-week playbook for life rooted in the understanding that we are made of energy. It offers grounded tools to consciously work with that energy to heal suicidal ideation, navigate life’s hardships, and intentionally create a life of purpose, resilience, and choice.

Leading Motherhood: Surrendering To Faith Over Fear From The Delivery Room To The Board Room

Motherhood doesn't get easier—but you get stronger. A practical guide to overcoming chronic stress, anxiety, and burnout through faith, emotional regulation and leadership growth. Rediscover yourself, integrate work and life, and thrive without sacrificing your career, health, or relationships.

The Adolescent Adult

The Adolescent Adult is a raw poetry collection about the in-between, where youth meets adulthood. With unflinching honesty, Taylor Moon explores identity, love, loss, disability, motherhood, and resilience, capturing the tension between who we were, who we are becoming, and the courage it takes to keep showing up.

Thriving in America’s Money Game

Are you ready to take control of your financial future and build lasting wealth? Whether you’re just starting out, growing your career, or running a business, managing money effectively can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. In Thriving in America's Money Game, Grady Cool, CFA, CFP, MBA, founder of Cool Wealth Management, breaks down the complex world of personal finance into actionable strategies you can understand and apply immediately.

My Leader My Self

My Leader, My Self invites professionals to embrace their unique voices as leadership strengths. Teniqua Broughton blends nonprofit experience, reflective practices, and pragmatic guidance to help readers discern when to speak and when to listen. It’s a roadmap for self-discovery, growth, and becoming the confident leader you were meant to be.

Culture Solved

Arizona-based founder of Know Your Talents, Lori Coruccini wrote Culture Solved after 25 years of advising CEOs and leaders who struggled to translate strategy into consistent execution. The book introduces her four-pillar framework: Know Me. Grow Me. Include Me. Inspire Me., a practical model for operationalizing culture. Through 25 years of advisory work, Coruccini has seen organizations that operationalize these pillars build stronger leadership capability, alignment, and sustained business performance.

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