MaryLou Driedger

MaryLou Driedger is a Canadian journalist and Young Adult fiction novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Career

Driedger has been a columnist for The Carillon since in the 1980s and was also a longtime columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press.
Her debut Young Adult fiction novel, Lost on the Prairie, was published by Heritage House Publishing in 2021. It was a finalist for the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book at the Manitoba Book Awards. Her second novel, Sixties Girl appeared in 2023.

Personal

Driedger was born in a Mennonite family in Winnipeg and grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba. She is a retired teacher, who taught in Steinbach and Hong Kong and former Manitoba Teacher of the Year. Driedger also leads tours at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.