Deb is a storyteller. Whether through writing or on camera, she educates and inspires. She is co-host of the weekly television show, Around Kansas, the Wednesday feature of AgaminKansas. . Deb is writing Our Charley: From Reservation to Washington (film script and book) on the life of Vice President Charles Curtis, son of the Kaw Nation, and producing a documentary, "Thof's Dragon," about Capt. Theophilus Turner and his discovery of a plesiosaur in 1867. Deb is a past instructor for Osher, Lifelong Learning, and is much in demand as a speaker. In Spring 2012, the History Press released her book, The Civil War in Kansas: Ten Years of Turmoil (foreword by Gen. Richard Myers, 15th Chair of the Joint Chiefs). She and co-author Michelle Martin wrote Kansas Forts and Bases: Sentinels on the Prairie, released in February, 2013 (foreword by retired Col. Jerry Morelock, Editor in Chief of Armchair General Magazine).Her third book with History Press was released in November, 2014. KMHOF President Allen Blasco wrote the foreword to Kansas Music: Stories of a Rich Tradition.

Author Esther Luttrell based the lead character in her newest book, Murder in Magenta, on Deb.

Deb has appeared on CSPAN and in numerous documentaries including two new releases: Gunslingers on American Heroes Channel and The Road to Valhalla from Lone Chimney Films (WINNER of the 2015 WRANGLER AWARD).

She blogs at cemeterydiaries.blogspot.com and at masondixonwildwest.blogspot.com.