Steve Deger is an American

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of inspirational

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. He is the co-creator of the best-selling ''Positive Quotations''

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Biography

Deger grew up in

Hibbing, Minnesota Hibbing is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range an ...

, 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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St. Cloud State University St. Cloud State University (SCSU) is a public university in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1869, the university is one of the largest institutions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. In the fall of 2023, it ...

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

Books

*''The Book of Positive Quotations'', 3rd Ed. Lyons Press, 2024. . *''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 Nightly Book of Positive Quotations'' orean language edition Translated by Guihwa Hwang Blanz. 책이있는풍경, 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.
''Publishers Weekly'', 24 September 2007, Interviewed in cover article by Natalie Danford
*''Writer's Market 2009''.

External links

Personal website
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