Steve Deger is an American

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of inspirational

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. He is the co-creator of the

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''Positive Quotations''

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Biography

Deger grew up in

Hibbing, Minnesota Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At th ...

, where he worked as a

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prior to finishing his

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studies in

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and

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at St. Cloud State University. He has served in various positions for several leading independent publishers, including

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for

Llewellyn Publications Llewellyn Worldwide (formerly Llewellyn Publications) is a New Age publisher based in Woodbury, Minnesota. Llewellyn's mission is to "serve the trade and consumers worldwide with options and tools for exploring new worlds of mind & spirit, thereb ...

and

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for

Fairview Press Fairview Press (formerly Deaconess Press) was the publishing former arm of Fairview Health Services, a regional healthcare provider affiliated with the University of Minnesota. Fairview Press published books and other forms of patient education m ...

. He is the former president of th
Minnesota Book Publishers' Roundtable

Books

*''The Book of Positive Quotations'', 2nd Ed. Fairview Press, 2007. . *''The Little Book of Positive Quotations.'' Fairview Press, 2006. . *''The Girl's Book of Positive Quotations.'' Fairview Press, 2008. . *''The Boy's Book of Positive Quotations.'' Fairview Press, 2009. . *''The Nightly Book of Positive Quotations.'' Fairview Press, 2009. . *"The Women's Book of Positive Quotations", 2nd Ed. Fairview Press, 2010. .

Also cited in

*''Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents 2009''. *''Literary MarketPlace 2009''. *''Publishers Weekly'', December 17, 2001. Interviewed in cover article by Robert Dahlin.

*''Writer's Market 2009''.

External links

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