About Debbie
The descendant of prospectors, cowboys, frontier settlers and even outlaws, Deborah Cobb’s roots in Western history go five generations deep. In her family, there’s a running thread of women who are tough as nails.
She’s the daughter of a rodeo queen and a hair metal rocker, both of whom worked at coal mines which makes her a literal Coal Miner’s Daughter, like Loretta Lynn. She is the great-grandaughter of both a homesteader in South Dakota and the infamous silver prospector, Panamint Annie.
An award-winning journalist and radio personality, Debbie has lived her whole life in the Cowboy State and finds its stories the most fascinating to immerse herself in. Recently, she moved to Minnesota for graduate school.
She spent seven years in radio and four years in print media, including being the youngest editor of a Wyoming Press Association paper at only 20 years old with the High Plains Sentinel in Wright, Wyoming.
Her brand of niche and referential humor is apparent in every project she takes on. She adores public-facing projects and chatting with locals wherever she goes. Her unique form of observation has led to dozens of projects she’s played with over the years, both professional and personal.
Debbie played roller derby for 10 years and founded and ran the nonprofit Wyoming Roller Derby Association through its eight tournaments in seven years. She’s also skated for nearly every Wyoming roller derby team at one point or another.
Debbie lived on the border of the Thunder Basin National Grasslands, in the shadow of the Black Hills that her family hailed from. This proximity kept her close to her roots as she hiked and camped through the backcountry. She has a cute dog named Hendrix, a Boxer/Staffordshire terrier mix.
Debbie passes her free time by hiking, camping and roller skating. Obviously, she loves writing and also works as the Communication Coordinator for the Alliance for Historic Wyoming. Debbie graduated from the University of Wyoming and is now a graduate student at Minnesota State University studying Sociology and focusing her research on paranormal experiences.
