D. G. Driver is an optimist at heart, and that's why she likes to write about young people making an impact on the world. You'll find among her books a teen environmental activist, a young girl teaching people about autism acceptance and to stop bullying people with special needs, a princess who wants to be more than a prize for a prince, a boy who wins a girl's heart by being genuine and chivalrous, and a girl who bravely searches for a friend lost along the shore of a dark lake. She is a multi-award winning author of books for teens and tweens, but you'll find some romance and horror stories in the anthologies, too. When Driver isn't writing, she's a teacher at an inclusive child development program in Nashville, TN. She might also take a break from writing once in a while to strut the stage in a local theater production. You're guaranteed to find her belting out Broadway show tunes anytime she's driving.      

Winner! 2019 New Apple Summer Book Awards - Official Selection for Young Adult Books: Lost on the Water
2018, 2nd place, Royal Dragonfly Book Awards for Young Adult Fiction: Lost on the Water
2017 New Apple Book Award for Young Adult Fantasy, Official Selection: Whisper of the Woods
2017 Gold Medal, Human Relations Indie Book Awards, for Special Needs Awareness in Children's Books: No One Needed to Know
2017 Silver Award, Literary Children's Classics, for Preteen Fiction: No One Needed to Know
2017 Purple Dragonfly Children's Book Award, Honorable Mention, Children's Books about Special Needs: No One Needed to Know
2017 Literary Children's Classic Seal of Approval: No One Needed to Know
2016 Silver Award in the RBRT Awards for Best Fantasy Book: Passing Notes
2016 2nd place in the green/environment category of the Purple Dragonfly Children's Book Awards: Cry of the Sea
2015 2nd place in the YA category for Green Book Festival for environmental themed books: Cry of the Sea
2005 PSLA Top 40 Non-Fiction Book (Brahms biography)
2005 PSLA Top 40 Non-Fiction Book Series (Classical Composers series)
2005 New York Library Best Books for the Teen (Classical composers series)
2003 4th place Best Science Article, Children's Writer
2001-2007 Top 100 Children's Books (The Picture Wagon) California Readers Association
2000, Honorable Mention, best manuscript Internation Writing Competition hosted by WriteMovies.com for The Picture Wagon.
1999, Honorable Mention, best children's fiction, Writer's Digest for "Pop's Music" short story.
1999, 6th Place, best children's sports story, Children's Writer for "Just Like Soccer" article.
1998, Certificate of Merit, Writer's Digest Self-Published book awards for "Saving Christmas Spirit" children's novel.

The Juniper Sawfeather Trilogy is now complete with the June, 2017 release of Echo of the Cliffs! Discover mythical creatures with Juniper today! There is also a discounted box set of all three ebooks at Amazon Kindle. My newest middle grade novel, No One Needed to Know, has won three honors already this year since its release in January, 2017 and is now available in audiobook.