Colby Buzzell (born July 17, 1976, in California) is an American author, blogger and former United States Army soldier.

Prior to joining the U.S. Army he described his life as engaging in a lot of drinking, drug use, dead-end jobs and a minor criminal record.

In his book he expresses a great deal of enthusiasm about the benefits of wheels over traditional treaded armor in urban settings.

[5] After he arrived at his post, he was examined by the medical staff at Fort Benning and marked "not deployable" due to post-traumatic stress disorder.

[6] In 2011, Buzzell wrote the book Lost in America: A Dead-End Journey, published by HarperCollins, about coping with his post-traumatic stress disorder by taking a road trip to nowhere, all the while thinking about his newborn son, wife, and recently deceased mother.