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Deana J. Driver

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Deana Driver is an author, editor and book publisher in Saskatchewan, Canada. She was a freelance journalist for more than 30 years and has had more than 2,300 articles published in newspapers and magazines across Canada.
Since 2008, her focus has been on writing, editing, and publishing books about fascinating Prairie people. She is the founder and CEO of DriverWorks Ink publishing and the author of six non-fiction books including Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death, Finalist (Silver medal) in the Military category and the Memoirs (Historical/Legacy) category of the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and #3 of the Top 100 Bestsellers of 2023 at McNally Robinson Booksellers Saskatoon; The Sailor and the Christmas Tr Deana Driver is an author, editor and book publisher in Saskatchewan, Canada. She was a freelance journalist for more than 30 years and has had more than 2,300 articles published in newspapers and magazines across Canada.
Since 2008, her focus has been on writing, editing, and publishing books about fascinating Prairie people. She is the founder and CEO of DriverWorks Ink publishing and the author of six non-fiction books including Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death, Finalist (Silver medal) in the Military category and the Memoirs (Historical/Legacy) category of the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and #3 of the Top 100 Bestsellers of 2023 at McNally Robinson Booksellers Saskatoon; The Sailor and the Christmas Trees, winner in the Children's category of the 2015 Holiday Book Festival; and Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner’s Story of Hope, a Canadian bestseller which received Honorable Mention in the Biography category of the 2013 Great Midwest Book Festival. Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story was also a Canadian bestseller that received Honorable Mention in the Biography category of the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival and was shortlisted for both Reader's Choice and Publishing In Education awards at the 2007 Saskatchewan Book Awards.
Deana is the co-author and publisher of Flying a Gooney Bird: A Bush Pilot's Adventures by Dorrin Wallace with Deana J. Driver. Released in 2025, this nonfiction memoir was a bestseller in Saskatchewan, Canada, and a top 100 seller on Amazon in Piloting and Flight Instruction.
Deana has also contributed to numerous anthologies, including Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People, three volumes of Fun On The Farm: True Tales of Farm Life humour books, and three volumes of Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation. When Deana is not writing, editing or helping others publish their books, she enjoys music, gardening, photography, reading for pleasure, spontaneously dancing, and spending time with her family. ...more

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	Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner's Story of Hope 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crash Harrison - Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death 4.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Give Up: Ted Jaleta's Inspiring Story 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Vol. 1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cream Money: Stories of Prairie People really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just A Bunch Of Farmers: The Story Of Weyburn Inland Terminal, 1976-2001 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sailor and the Christmas Trees it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prairie Pilot: Lady Luck Was On My Side; The Stories of Walter D. Williams it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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At 103 years old, former WWII bomber pilot Reg Crash Harrison is still reading about aviation adventures

Whenever I am in Saskatoon, which is about 250 kilometres north of where I live in Saskatchewan, Canada, I visit my friend and former book subject Reginald "Crash" Harrison. I wrote Reg's life story in the award-winning book Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death, and I always enjoy our visits.

Now at 103 years and two months old, Reg admitted to me, "I think my old age is finally

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“I'm never going to give in. I'm never going to give up, and I will fight back with every breath I have."
- Dionne Warner, seven-time cancer survivor and subject of Never Leave Your Wingman”
― Deana J. Driver, Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner's Story of Hope

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“Heaven is freakin' not ready for me!" - seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman”
― Deana J. Driver, Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner's Story of Hope

tags: canadian, cancer, cancer-survivors, hope, inspirational, love-story, non-fiction

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“You're actually each other's wingman. You never leave your partner vulnerable." - Graham Warner, husband of fun-loving seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner”
― Deana J. Driver, Never Leave Your Wingman: Dionne and Graham Warner's Story of Hope

tags: canada, cancer, cancer-survivors, hope, humourosly-inspirational, inspirational, love-story, non-fiction-books-inspirational

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“Fact is much more fascinating than fiction.”
― Deana J. Driver

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“Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies.”
― Deana J. Driver

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tags: canadian, cancer, cancer-survivors, hope, inspirational, love-story, non-fiction

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“As long as I live, I will always remember those wee children standing at the railing on that ship." - John Hanlon, the sailor”
― Deana J. Driver, The Sailor and the Christmas Trees

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