| Jack Lewis | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1964-01-20) January 20, 1964 (age 60) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Education | BA English, Washington State University MFA, University of Southern California |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, soldier |
| Notable work | Operation Homecoming |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Army |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
| Unit | 361st Psychological Operations Company, 7th Psychological Operations Group |
| Battles / wars | Iraq War |
| Website | jaxworx |
Jack Lewis (born January 20, 1964) 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.
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.
He has been a contributor to a number of publications including Crosscut.com, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Motorcyclist magazine where he writes the "Behind Bars" column.
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
- Washington Post Best Nonfiction of 2006 (current events), Operation Homecoming
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
External links
Media related to Jack Lewis at Wikimedia Commons
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