Debby Waldman’s essays, articles, and reviews have been published in The New York Times, The Bittman Project, NBC-Think, Parents, People, Publishers Weekly, Tablet, Wired, and Sports Illustrated for Kids. She has also written books for children, and co-written two parenting books.

The daughter of a rabbi and a reading teacher, Debby grew up in a book-filled house. From an early age she wanted to write the kinds of books she loved to read (biographies, historical novels), but she opted for a career in journalism because Mom and Dad insisted she find a steady job with health insurance. Perhaps if she’d known she was going to wind up living in Canada she’d have chosen differently, but she quickly took to being a reporter: a naturally curious person, she considered it her license to be nosy.

While earning a journalism degree at Syracuse University, Debby spent her summer working for The Cape Cod Times. After graduation she spent six years as a reporter for The Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor and The New Haven (Connecticut) Register. She then went back to school, earning an MFA in creative writing at Cornell University. 

Since 1992 she has lived in Edmonton, Alberta, her husband’s hometown, where she built a freelance career and raised a daughter and son, both now young adults. Debby balances freelancing with work at the University of Alberta’s Academic Success Centre, helping students and faculty with their writing.

Debby loves writing about interesting people doing interesting things. She’s particularly passionate about stories that make mental and physical health and wellness accessible, relevant, and comprehensible to readers. An enthusiastic cook and baker, she also enjoys writing about food and everything related to it—almost as much as she enjoys eating.