Deana Driver is an award-winning author, editor, and book publisher. She is also a retired journalist. Deana wrote and co-published her first two books in 2001 and 2006. In 2008, she founded DriverWorks Ink after repeated requests from other Saskatchewan writers for editing, layout design, and publishing assistance.
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. After more than 30 years as a journalist, Deana retired from that career in 2013 to concentrate on book publishing.
Deana (pronounced dee-na) has written five non-fiction books: Just a Bunch of Farmers: The Story of Weyburn Inland Terminal 1976-2001; Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story; From The West to the World: The Story of Underwood McLellan/UMA Group; Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner's Story of Hope; and The Sailor and the Christmas Trees - A True Story; She has also contributed pieces to more than a dozen other books, most of which were published by her company, DriverWorks including: Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Volume 1, Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Volume 2, and Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Volume 3, Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People, Fun On The Farm: True Tales of Farm Life, Fun On The Farm Too: True Tales of Farm Life, Fun On The Farm 3: True Tales of Farm Life, Prairie Pilot: Lady Luck Was on My Side, Egg Money, and Dear Me: The Widow Letters. Since she wrote her first book in 2001, Deana has published or co-published more than 90 books in print and e-book formats, written by Saskatchewan and other Canadian writers, including herself. Her passion is sharing 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.
Deana is a member of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild and SaskBooks (Saskatchewan Publishers Group). She regularly makes presentations to school students, libraries, organizations, and other audiences about writing, publishing, and a variety of DriverWorks Ink books. Since 1998, Deana Driver has been listed in Who's Who of Canadian Women and Canadian Who's Who. Deana enjoys gardening, nature walks, photography, bike riding, and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
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. After more than 30 years as a journalist, Deana retired from that career in 2013 to concentrate on book publishing.
Deana (pronounced dee-na) has written five non-fiction books: Just a Bunch of Farmers: The Story of Weyburn Inland Terminal 1976-2001; Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story; From The West to the World: The Story of Underwood McLellan/UMA Group; Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner's Story of Hope; and The Sailor and the Christmas Trees - A True Story; She has also contributed pieces to more than a dozen other books, most of which were published by her company, DriverWorks including: Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Volume 1, Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Volume 2, and Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Volume 3, Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People, Fun On The Farm: True Tales of Farm Life, Fun On The Farm Too: True Tales of Farm Life, Fun On The Farm 3: True Tales of Farm Life, Prairie Pilot: Lady Luck Was on My Side, Egg Money, and Dear Me: The Widow Letters. Since she wrote her first book in 2001, Deana has published or co-published more than 90 books in print and e-book formats, written by Saskatchewan and other Canadian writers, including herself. Her passion is sharing 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.
Deana is a member of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild and SaskBooks (Saskatchewan Publishers Group). She regularly makes presentations to school students, libraries, organizations, and other audiences about writing, publishing, and a variety of DriverWorks Ink books. Since 1998, Deana Driver has been listed in Who's Who of Canadian Women and Canadian Who's Who. Deana enjoys gardening, nature walks, photography, bike riding, and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
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SOME OF THE BOOKS WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEANA J. DRIVER:
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Lisa Driver is an an award-winning author with a degree in Communications and Marketing (with distinction) from the University of Calgary. She assists DriverWorks Ink in marketing and communications as well as in an editorial capacity by assessing, editing and proofreading manuscripts, book layouts, and marketing materials. Lisa is also the author of three books published by DriverWorks Ink (Opening Up: How to Develop Your Intuition and Work With Your Angels; Leap! How to Overcome Doubt, Fear, And Grief & Choose The Path of Joy; and Boundaries and Bucket-Filling: How To Say No To Others and Yes To You). She is also a contributing writer to Fun on the Farm Too: True Tales of Farm Life. Lisa is a busy young mother who is an entrepreneur with her own spiritual healing and freelance writing business in Medicine Hat.
Mary Harelkin Bishop is an award-winning, bestselling author who assists DriverWorks Ink in editorial areas by vetting, editing and proofreading manuscripts, book layouts, and marketing materials. Mary is a retired teacher and teacher librarian who has a master's degree, has worked in core neighbourhood and First Nations schools, and teaches a master class in Canadian Children's Literature at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the author of the award-winning Tunnels of Moose Jaw Adventures kids' and teens' classics, which DriverWorks Ink began updating and republishing in 2020 with Tunnels of Time: Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #1. Mary's other books published by DriverWorks Ink are Skye Bird and the Eagle Feather, Mistasiniy: Buffalo Rubbing Stone, Gina's Wheels, Moving Forward, and Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story. Mary advises on the content and culturally appropriate language in DriverWorks Ink books and is a contributing writer to volumes of the Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation and the Fun on the Farm: True Tales of Farm Life series. She is the mother of two and grandmother of two who enjoys being physically active and working with novice writers.
Dani Driver has a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Regina. She is a teacher and assists in vetting manuscripts, proofreading and copy editing DriverWorks Ink manuscripts, books layouts and marketing materials. She provides advice on social media and book content specific to educational markets. She created illustrations for one of our children’s chapter books (Seeds of Hope: A Prairie Story), and advises on cover designs and assists with fulfilling book orders. She is a young mother and a voracious reader who also enjoys gardening.
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