Deana Driver is an award-winning author, editor, book publisher, and former journalist. She was a freelance journalist for 30 years and, in 2008, founded DriverWorks Ink publishing, which specializes in inspiring non-fiction books about Prairie people and publishes other genres connected to non-fiction stories. Deana (pronounced dee-na) has written five non-fiction books: The Sailor and the Christmas Trees - A True Story; Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner's Story of Hope; From The West to the World: The Story of Underwood McLellan/UMA Group; Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story; and Just a Bunch of Farmers: The Story of Weyburn Inland Terminal 1976-2001. She has also contributed pieces to eight other books published by her company, DriverWorks Ink: Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Volume 1 and Flight, Volume 2, Cream Money, Fun On The Farm, Fun On The Farm Too, Prairie Pilot, Egg Money, and Dear Me: The Widow Letters. Since she wrote her first book in 2001, Deana has published or co-published more than 55 titles written by Saskatchewan and other Prairie writers including herself. Her passion is for true stories that help others lead better lives. In addition to non-fiction biographies, she publishes non-fiction spiritual healing and wellness, children's fiction, rural humour, and cowboy poetry. Many of those genres are based on non-fiction stories.
Since 1981, more than 2,300 of Deana's feature and news articles have been published in more than 25 Canadian magazines and newspapers including The Regina Leader-Post, Medical Post, The Lawyers Weekly, The United Church Observer and The Bottom Line. Her photography skills have been used to accompany her freelance magazine articles and book projects. Deana retired from freelance journalism in 2013 to concentrate on book publishing.
Deana is a member of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild and SaskBooks (Saskatchewan Publishers Group). She regularly makes presentations to school students and other audiences about her career and DriverWorks Ink books. Since 1998, Deana Driver has been listed in Who's Who of Canadian Women and Canadian Who's Who.
Since 1981, more than 2,300 of Deana's feature and news articles have been published in more than 25 Canadian magazines and newspapers including The Regina Leader-Post, Medical Post, The Lawyers Weekly, The United Church Observer and The Bottom Line. Her photography skills have been used to accompany her freelance magazine articles and book projects. Deana retired from freelance journalism in 2013 to concentrate on book publishing.
Deana is a member of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild and SaskBooks (Saskatchewan Publishers Group). She regularly makes presentations to school students and other audiences about her career and DriverWorks Ink books. Since 1998, Deana Driver has been listed in Who's Who of Canadian Women and Canadian Who's Who.
Al Driver was an editor with more than 30 years of experience in the Canadian newspaper industry. After taking early retirement in 2008 from his position as news editor of the Regina Leader-Post, he joined DriverWorks Ink full-time in 2010. He was co-editor and co-publisher of numerous DriverWorks Ink titles and was in charge of order fulfilment. He especially enjoyed talking about and selling DriverWorks Ink books at trade shows and other events. Al also edited Saskatchewan Roughriders - First 100 Years by various authors, and Junior Hockey's Royal Franchise: The Regina Pats by Darrell Davis and Ron Johnston.
Al died in January 2016 from a short illness with colon cancer. He is greatly missed and will never be forgotten. His mark on DriverWorks Ink and our books will continue to be felt for decades to come.
Al died in January 2016 from a short illness with colon cancer. He is greatly missed and will never be forgotten. His mark on DriverWorks Ink and our books will continue to be felt for decades to come.
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