Deborah Hufford

Deborah Hufford is an award-winning writer, historian, and former magazine editor. She began her career at Better Homes & Gardens and has written for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and Connoisseur, later serving as publisher of The Writer's Handbook. She is the creator of the popular history blog Notes from the Frontier. An Iowa native and former rodeo queen, she holds a master's degree from the University of Iowa, where she taught Iowa Writer's Workshop students, and has taught graduate writing at Northwestern and Marquette universities. Her debut novel, "Blood to Rubies," was published in 2024. She lives in a Northshore suburb of Milwaukee with her husband, Evan, and her dog Blue.