Jack Lewis (author)

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.

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