Jack Lewis (author)

Jack Lewis
Born (1964-01-20) January 20, 1964
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Nationality American
Education

BA English, Washington State University[1]

MFA, University of Southern California[1]
Occupation Writer, soldier
Notable work Operation Homecoming
Military career
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Rank Staff Sergeant
Unit 361st Psychological Operations Company, 7th Psychological Operations Group
Battles/wars Iraq War
Website jaxworx.com

Jack Lewis (born January 20, 1964)[1] is an American author and military veteran.

Lewis was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a United States Army Staff Sergeant in the Iraq War in 2004 and 2005.[1]

Lewis' writing was included in the book Operation Homecoming, and in the Oscar-nominated documentary Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience in which he both appears, and is credited as a writer.[2][3][4][5]

He has been a contributor to a number of publications including Crosscut.com,[6] the Seattle Post-Intelligencer[7] and Motorcyclist magazine where he writes the "Behind Bars" column.[8]

Bibliography

  • Jack Lewis (contributor) (2006). Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families. Random House. ISBN 1400065623.
  • Jack Lewis (2010). Coming and Going on Bikes: Essaying the Motorcycle. Litsam Inc. (Kindle edition). ASIN B0038YWRDI.
  • Jack Lewis (contributor) (2010). The Devil Can Ride: The World's Best Motorcycle Writing. Motorbooks. ISBN 0760334773.
  • Jack Lewis (2011). Nothing in Reserve: true stories, not war stories. Litsam Press. ISBN 1935878026.
  • Jack Lewis (2014). Head Check: What it Feels Like to Ride Motorcycles. Litsam Press. ISBN 978-1935878087.

Writing awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Author biography, Amazon.com
  2. ↑ Piper Niehaus (March 7, 2008), Iraq Documentary Brings War Experience Home, The Oberlin Review, retrieved 2012-03-08
  3. ↑ Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience—Select Writings by Authors, PBS/WETA, retrieved 2012-03-08
  4. ↑ Operation Homecoming credits, IMDB
  5. ↑ Stephen Holden (February 9, 2007), Movie Review: Operation Homecoming (2007)—The Hemingway Effect, From Recent Battlefields, The New York Times
  6. ↑ Jack Lewis contributions, Crosscut.com, archived from the original on 2013-05-11
  7. ↑ Jack Lewis contributions, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  8. ↑ Contributor Jack Lewis, Motorcyclist, archived from the original on 2013-04-07
  9. ↑ Reviewer's Choice (small press), Midwest Book Review, January 2012
  10. ↑ "Holiday book gift guide: Best Nonfiction of 2006", Washington Post, 2006

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