Jack Lewis (author)

For other people named Jack Lewis, see Jack Lewis (disambiguation).

Jack Lewis
Born	(1964-01-20) January 20, 1964 (age 61) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Education	BA English, Washington State University [1] MFA, University of Southern California [1]
Occupation(s)	Writer, soldier
Notable work	Operation Homecoming
Military career
Allegiance	United States
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.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• 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   978-0760334775.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• Jack Lewis (2011). Nothing in Reserve: true stories, not war stories. Litsam Press. ISBN   978-1935878025.
• 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, archived from the original on April 21, 2007, 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, archived from the original on April 29, 2012, retrieved March 9, 2012
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

External links

Media related to Jack Lewis at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Jack Lewis at IMDb