Jack Lewis (author)
Jack Lewis (born January 20, 1964)[1] is an American author and military veteran.
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| Born | 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 |
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| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
| Unit | 361st Psychological Operations Company, 7th Psychological Operations Group |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
| Website | jaxworx |
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]
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References
- Author biography, Amazon.com
- Piper Niehaus (March 7, 2008), Iraq Documentary Brings War Experience Home, The Oberlin Review, retrieved March 8, 2012
- Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience—Select Writings by Authors, PBS/WETA, retrieved March 8, 2012
- Operation Homecoming credits, IMDB
- Stephen Holden (February 9, 2007), Movie Review: Operation Homecoming (2007)—The Hemingway Effect, From Recent Battlefields, The New York Times
- Jack Lewis contributions, Crosscut.com, archived from the original on May 11, 2013
- Jack Lewis contributions, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Contributor Jack Lewis, Motorcyclist, archived from the original on April 7, 2013
- Reviewer's Choice (small press), Midwest Book Review, January 2012
- "Holiday book gift guide: Best Nonfiction of 2006", Washington Post, 2006
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