Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death

by Deana J. Driver

176 pages, Paperback

Published July 21, 2023

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Emma R]

What a wonderful book, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It’s been on my reading list for a while, and I finally picked it up as part of a local history book club! Reading it felt like I was talking with Reg over coffee, you get a great sense of his personality! What a great man, with a great story. 10/10 recommend, especially for those who enjoy reading history :)

[Jennifer Joy]

I may be a little biased, as Deanna Driver published my own book “After the truck hit” but this certainly was a page turner. I love the organization of the book, the pictures and the table of contents. It was a page turner.

[Sarah]

As a friend of Mr. Harrison I can tell you Deana did a wonderful job on this book. It reads exactly like he’s speaking to you. An incredible man with such a jaw dropping story. Someone needs to get this book into the hands of Tom Hanks and make it into a movie!