She spent her early years in Drumheller, then Shouldice, and on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, now Siksika Nation, near the hamlet of Gleichen.

[3] Sobat's books include the Young Adult/ New Adult novels Jamie's Got a Gun (a graphic novel illustrated by Spyder Yardley-Jones), Not With A Bang, Ingamald, A Winter's Tale, A Glass Darkly, Gravity Journal, Chance to Dance for You and a picture book, In the Graveyard, illustrated by artist, Spyder Yardley-Jones.

For the Legacy Project, a high school program addressing the gulf between aboriginal and non-aboriginal students, Sobat and her co-creators (Wally Diefenthaler and Kaye Steward) were named finalists for the Governor General Excellence in Teaching History Award.

The camp runs each January and July, and is overseen by Sobat, a team of supervisors, and a slate of professional authors and illustrators.

In 2008 they performed at the CANWRITE – Canadian Authors Association National Conference, and in 2009, at WordsWorth 2009 at Bragg Creek, and at several Edmonton venues.