D. G. Driver
Author
Author
What's important to me? Kids and how they view the world. I'm an optimist, and if I have any goal at all as an author, it's to inspire hope. I like to write about diverse characters dealing with social or environmental issues and making an impact. I want my readers to be entertained, of course, but I also hope that at the end of reading one of my books they will be a little more aware of how they treat each other or the world around them.
I am an award-winning author of Young Adult and Middle Grade books and PAL member of SCBWI. I write contemporary, urban fantasy, and romance.
I live near Nashville, TN and am a teacher in an inclusive classroom of typically developing and special needs children in an Early Intervention program. I called on my experience as a Special Education teacher and growing up with an Autistic brother in my children's novel No One Needed to Know.
When I'm not writing or teaching, I might be found singing, acting, or directing in a local community theater production with members of my talented family.
Visit my About Me page to find links to my social media pages, learn about my school presentations, and discover what I'm currently working on.
I am an award-winning author of Young Adult and Middle Grade books and PAL member of SCBWI. I write contemporary, urban fantasy, and romance.
I live near Nashville, TN and am a teacher in an inclusive classroom of typically developing and special needs children in an Early Intervention program. I called on my experience as a Special Education teacher and growing up with an Autistic brother in my children's novel No One Needed to Know.
When I'm not writing or teaching, I might be found singing, acting, or directing in a local community theater production with members of my talented family.
Visit my About Me page to find links to my social media pages, learn about my school presentations, and discover what I'm currently working on.
Newest Book!
What is Songwriter Night? Why, it's a full cast audiobook musical!
With live theater being on hold throughout 2020 and most of 2021, I came up with the idea for this project to create a way to do a musical without having to be on stage. Nashville songwriter and composer Caleb Dinger assisted with writing the songs and recording. The audiobook runs just shy of three hours. It is available anywhere that you like to get your audiobooks, including Audible, GooglePlay and Apple Books, among others. Click here to learn more about this project, hear samples and meet the cast!
With live theater being on hold throughout 2020 and most of 2021, I came up with the idea for this project to create a way to do a musical without having to be on stage. Nashville songwriter and composer Caleb Dinger assisted with writing the songs and recording. The audiobook runs just shy of three hours. It is available anywhere that you like to get your audiobooks, including Audible, GooglePlay and Apple Books, among others. Click here to learn more about this project, hear samples and meet the cast!
GUESS WHAT? There's also a book version! If you don't want to listen to it (or if you want to read while you listen) get the ebook version of Songwriter Night at Kindle and other ebook retailers for only $0.99 right now!
Also in print from Amazon for $7.99
Also in print from Amazon for $7.99
My first picture book released in 2020. It might not be Halloween anymore, but children always love wearing costumes. They'll enjoy this book year round.
Finding a costume to match a pet dog for Halloween isn't easy. You have to be creative. Some ideas are funny, spooky, or pretty. Getting the dog to keep a costume on is the tricky part.
And now it's an award-winning book too! It won Honorable Mention for "Holiday" themed books in the 2021 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards!
Click here or on the image to order from the publisher's website store.
Also available at Amazon.
Matching Costumes is a great picture book for infants-PreK and has adorable illustrations by Cason Rome. All books published by non-profit publisher MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing are printed with a special Dyslexic Inclusive font.
"Matching Costumes is a sweet and funny picture book for infants-PreK with a simple text Ideal for young readers and beautiful colourful illustration that manages to capture the little girl's feelings." Let's Talk About Children blog
"I enjoyed reading this adorable story about a girl and her dog. I felt her struggle trying to find something that her dog would be okay with wearing. All of my dogs give me trouble when I try to put anything on them. It's a very easy read but the illustrations go perfectly with it and in a lot of cases, they tell us what happens without even needing the words to say so. Both characters are very likable and a child could easily relate to the tale. I found Matching Costumes a nice fun read. D.G. Driver has done an excellent job with the story, while Cason Rome has created beautiful artwork that fits perfectly. It's a book I would recommend to friends of mine with children." Reader's Favorite, 5-star review
Finding a costume to match a pet dog for Halloween isn't easy. You have to be creative. Some ideas are funny, spooky, or pretty. Getting the dog to keep a costume on is the tricky part.
And now it's an award-winning book too! It won Honorable Mention for "Holiday" themed books in the 2021 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards!
Click here or on the image to order from the publisher's website store.
Also available at Amazon.
Matching Costumes is a great picture book for infants-PreK and has adorable illustrations by Cason Rome. All books published by non-profit publisher MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing are printed with a special Dyslexic Inclusive font.
"Matching Costumes is a sweet and funny picture book for infants-PreK with a simple text Ideal for young readers and beautiful colourful illustration that manages to capture the little girl's feelings." Let's Talk About Children blog
"I enjoyed reading this adorable story about a girl and her dog. I felt her struggle trying to find something that her dog would be okay with wearing. All of my dogs give me trouble when I try to put anything on them. It's a very easy read but the illustrations go perfectly with it and in a lot of cases, they tell us what happens without even needing the words to say so. Both characters are very likable and a child could easily relate to the tale. I found Matching Costumes a nice fun read. D.G. Driver has done an excellent job with the story, while Cason Rome has created beautiful artwork that fits perfectly. It's a book I would recommend to friends of mine with children." Reader's Favorite, 5-star review
Read this great blog post that is both a review of Matching Costumes and also offers great Halloween lesson plan activities for language development and the cognitive skill of matching.
https://www.kellysclassroomonline.com/2020/09/matching-costumes.html#more
https://www.kellysclassroomonline.com/2020/09/matching-costumes.html#more
Save the Mermaids! Teen environmental activist Juniper Sawfeather discovers that mermaids are real during an oil spill and now she must protect them from being exploited by media or killed by the corrupt oil company in Cry of the Sea Get the ebook for only 99 cents or free on Kindle Unlimited.
Enjoy this slideshow of all my full-length books. You can click on each image to read an excerpt, reviews, and find buy links.
Or you can go to My Books page to see a full list of them.
Or you can go to My Books page to see a full list of them.
I have short stories featured in several anthologies.
Find fantasy, romance, and children's fiction. You can learn about them all at Short Fiction and Plays or click on each image in this slideshow.
Some of these ebooks are FREE!
Find fantasy, romance, and children's fiction. You can learn about them all at Short Fiction and Plays or click on each image in this slideshow.
Some of these ebooks are FREE!