Deana Driver is a freelance journalist, author, editor, book publisher and photographer based in Saskatchewan, Canada. She has worked for numerous publications including The Regina Leader-Post, Medical Post, The Lawyers Weekly, United Church Observer and The Bottom Line. 

Since 1983, Deana (dee-na) has contributed freelance articles to various regional and national periodicals including Western People, Business Review, Saskatchewan Stockgrower, Maclean’s, Pharmacy Post, The Globe and Mail and Canadian Healthcare Manager.

She has travelled throughout the Prairie provinces to interview and record the stories of individuals ranging from farmers and church ministers to clowns and politicians. Deana’s subject areas for writing include health and medicine, agriculture, religion, law, business and politics. Her photography work includes photojournalism and special events such as news conferences and presentations.

Her first book, Just a Bunch of Farmers: The Story of Weyburn Inland Terminal 1976-2001, was released in November 2001. She wrote the book based on research and interviews with about 30 shareholders involved in building the groundbreaking grain-handling terminal in southern Saskatchewan. Deana created the design and layout of the book and also organized sales and marketing for Just a Bunch of Farmers.

In 2004, Deana edited and designed the layout of the novel Return to Willows written by Saskatoon author Howard H. Birnie. The Canadian Church Press awarded First Place in Service Journalism to the September 2004 United Church Observer article "How To Give Your Congregation That Happy Glow," of which Deana was a contributing writer. In 2005, she helped edit Classic Saskatchewan (Second Edition), a tourism-oriented book celebrating the province's people and history, and contributed two articles to The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.

The second book that Deana wrote is the award-winning, best-selling motivational biography Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story, which was released in October 2006. It is the true story of the courage, determination and hope-filled life and lessons of African-born elite runner and Canadian role model Ted Jaleta. The book received an Honourable Mention in the Biography/Autobiography category at the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival. Never Give Up was also a Finalist in the Reader's Choice and in the Publishing in Education categories of the 2007 Saskatchewan Book Awards. Alberta Education has endorsed Never Give Up for use in Grade 10 to 12 Social Studies classes. The Teacher Workbook to accompany Never Give Up, with additions and editing by Deana Driver, is now available online for English and Social Studies classes.

In September 2008, Deana edited and published three new books: My Zayde and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish by author Ricki Segal about her quirky family and wonderful culture; Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story by best-selling author Mary Harelkin Bishop about a little boy growing up and wanting to stay on a Prairie farm during hard times; and Prairie Pilot: Lady Luck Was On My Side, a collection of 100 stories written by the late Walter Williams. Deana compiled and edited Prairie Pilot, which focuses on Walter's sometimes-harrowing trips as an airplane pilot in the 1950s to transport pregnant women, hospital patients and prisoners in storm-stayed rural Saskatchewan. Prairie Pilot is the first independent publishing project of DriverWorks Ink. Seeds of Hope has been awarded Finalist, Children's Literature at the 2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards; Honourable Mention, Teen/Young Adult at the 2009 Nashville Book Festival; and Honourable Mention, Teenage at the 2008 London (England) Book Festival.

In November 2009, DriverWorks Ink published The Little Coat: The Bob and Sue Elliott Story by Alan J. Buick. The Little Coat is about a Canadian soldier in the Second World War, a little Dutch girl who escaped from the Nazis, and the coat that drew them together. The Little Coat: The Bob and Sue Elliott Story was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Biography/Autobiography category of the 2010 Hollywood Book Festival. The festival’s annual competition honours books “worthy of greater attention from the film, TV and multimedia industries.”  This is the same award given to Never Give Up, written and co-published by Deana Driver, in the same category in 2007. 

In 2009, Deana also wrote and edited From The West To The World: The Story of UMA Group/Underwood McLellan. This history book about a Prairies-based engineering firm was published in January 2010. It is not available for sale to the public.

Moving Forward: The Journey of Paralympian Colette Bourgonje by Mary Harelkin Bishop was released in February 2010. It is the true story of a Saskatoon teacher who overcame numerous obstacles after a devastating accident and reached her dream of becoming a world-class athlete.