Michael David Lukas
American author
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Michael David Lukas (born March 30, 1979) is an American author best known for his internationally bestselling novel, The Oracle of Stamboul, published by HarperCollins[1] and translated into over a dozen languages.[2] Michael's second novel, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo, was published by Random House[3] in 2018 and received the Sami Rohr Prize[4] as well as the National Jewish Book Award.[5] He teaches at San Francisco State University.[6]
Michael David Lukas | |
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Lukas at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco | |
| Born | March 30, 1979 |
| Education | |
His writing has been published in The New York Times,[7] Wall Street Journal,[8] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[9] He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey[2] and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Tunisia.[10] He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,[11] the Santa Maddalena Foundation,[12] and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.[13] Lukas has taught creative writing at 826 Valencia,[14] The Writers' Studio at Stanford University,[15] and the University of the Pacific.[16]
Personal life and education
Lukas was born in 1979 in Berkeley, California, where he grew up with his four younger siblings.
Moving East to attend Brown University,[17] Lukas studied comparative literature and then received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the creative writing program at the University of Maryland.
He currently lives in Oakland with his wife Haley and daughters Mona and Amira.[2]
Bibliography
| Title | Year | First Published |
|---|---|---|
| When the News and the Novel Collide[7] | 2013 | The New York Times |
| A Multiplicity of Voices[18] | 2013 | The Millions |
| Fear and Loving in Cairo[8] | 2012 | The Wall Street Journal |
| Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile[19] | 2012 | The Wall Street Journal |
| How Should A person Be[9] | 2012 | SFGate |
| The Queen Of America[20] | 2011 | SFGate |
| The Arrogant Years[21] | 2011 | SFGate |
| Sympathy For The Pharaoh[22] | 2011 | Slate |
| Lessons From Third Grade[23] | 2011 | Publishers Weekly |
| The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore[24] | 2011 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Workshopping War Literature[25] | 2010 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Friendly Fire[26] | 2009 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Golems, Novelists, and Other Superheroes[27] | 2009 | Tikkun |
| How to Win a Cosmic War[28] | 2009 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Destiny Disrupted[29] | 2009 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| A Skeptic’s Guide to Passover[30] | 2009 | Slate |
| Passover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations[31] | 2009 | All Things Considered |
| We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land[32] | 2009 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Mitzvah Mobile[33] | 2008 | Slate |
| Al’ America[34] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Question and Answer Men[17] | 2003 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
| From A to X[35] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Finding Nouf[36] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Mirror of the Arab World[37] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| The Uncertain Hour[38] | 2007 | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Forget The Quran[39] | 2006 | Slate |
| Culinary Orientalism[40] | 2007 | The New York Times Magazine |
| Tortilla Dreams[41] | 2006 | Diablo Magazine |
| Israel Vibration[42] | 2005 | Washington City Paper |
| Tourist Class[43] | 2005 | Washington City Paper |
| The Commercial Campus[44] | 2003 | Providence Phoenix |
| My Summer Job[45] | 2003 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
| My Daddy's War Story[46] | In Posse Review | |
| For True Bookies, a Wealth of Riches[47] | 2002 | The Boston Globe |
| A Writer’s Life[48] | 2002 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
Awards
- 2018: National Jewish Book Award for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo[49]
- 2019: ALA's Sophie Brody Medal for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo[50]
- 2019: Sami Rohr Prize for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo[51]