Robert Dean

Robert Dean is an award-winning journalist and cultural editorialist whose work has appeared in VICE, Eater, MIC, Fatherly, USA Today, The Chicago Sun-Times, Consequence of Sound, the Austin American-Statesman, and the Houston Chronicle. He is the Senior Features Writer for The Cosmic Clash and a weekly columnist for The Carter County Times. Dean is the author of three books, with two more forthcoming in 2026. He lives in Austin, Texas, spending too much time thinking about the strange corners of American life.