Jack Lewis (author)

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

Jack Lewis
Born (1964-01-20) January 20, 1964
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA English, Washington State University[1] MFA, University of Southern California[1]
OccupationWriter, soldier
Notable work
Operation Homecoming
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Army
RankStaff Sergeant
Unit361st Psychological Operations Company, 7th Psychological Operations Group
Battles/warsIraq War
Websitejaxworx.com

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
  • Midwest Book Review Reviewer's Choice (small press), Nothing in Reserve, January 2012[9]
  • Washington Post Best Nonfiction of 2006 (current events), Operation Homecoming[10]

References
  1. Author biography, Amazon.com
  2. Piper Niehaus (March 7, 2008), Iraq Documentary Brings War Experience Home, The Oberlin Review, retrieved March 8, 2012
  3. Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience—Select Writings by Authors, PBS/WETA, retrieved March 8, 2012
  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 May 11, 2013
  7. Jack Lewis contributions, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  8. Contributor Jack Lewis, Motorcyclist, archived from the original on April 7, 2013
  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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