Michael David Lukas

Michael David Lukas (born March 30, 1979) is an American author best known for his internationally bestselling novel, The Oracle of Stamboul, published by Harper Collins[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 reading at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco

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
Works
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 Paraoh[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

References
  1. Neal Stephenson. "Michael David Lukas". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  2. "Michael David Lukas - The Oracle of Stamboul". Book Passage. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  3. "Michael David Lukas | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. Paull, Laura (2019-05-01). "Oakland author Michael David Lukas wins Rohr Jewish literature prize". J. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  5. February 27, JBC Staff; 2019 (2019-02-27). "Meet National Jewish Book Award Winner Michael David Lukas | Jewish Book Council". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Michael David Lukas | Department of Creative Writing". creativewriting.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  7. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/when-the-news-and-the-novel-collide/?_r=0
  8. David, Michael (2012-12-21). "Fearlessness and Loving in Cairo | Traveler's Tale". WSJ. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  9. Michael David Lukas (2012-06-27). "'How Should a Person Be?' by Sheila Heti". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  10. "Interview with Michael David Lukas - STEPHANiE ELiZONDO GRiEST STEPHANiE ELiZONDO GRiEST". Stephanieelizondogriest.com. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  11. "Michael David Lukas | NEA". Arts.gov. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  12. adminsm (2014-04-16). "Michael David Lukas – Santa Maddalena Foundation". Santamaddalena.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  13. "Conference Staff | Middlebury". Middlebury.edu. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  14. "The Hero's Journey". 826 Valencia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  15. "Prior Course Details". Continuingstudies.stanford.edu. 2015-04-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  16. "English Department Visiting Professor: Michael David Lukas | The Pacifican". Thepacificanonline.com. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  17. "Question & Answer Men". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  18. "A Multiplicity of Voices: On the Polyphonic Novel". The Millions. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  19. "Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile | 18|8 FINE MEN'S SALONS". Eighteeneight.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  20. Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-12-04). "'Queen of America,' by Luis Alberto Urrea". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  21. Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-09-04). "'The Arrogant Years,' by Lucette Lagnado". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  22. David, Michael (2011-04-18). "Pharaoh's "hardened heart": Passover and the nature of biblical justice". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  23. David, Michael (2011-02-14). "Lessons From Third Grade: The Cure For Writer's Block". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  24. Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-02-02). "'The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore' review". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  25. Jackson, Greg (2010-04-01). "Workshopping the Next Generation of American War Literature". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  26. Jackson, Greg (2009-09-11). "Dispatches from the Mother of the World". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  27. "Golems, Novelists, and other Superheroes | Tikkun Magazine". Tikkun.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  28. Jackson, Greg (2009-05-05). "Engaging Islam in the Age of Obama". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  29. "'Destiny Disrupted,' by Tamim Ansary". SFGate. 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  30. David, Michael (2009-04-08). "Scientific explanations for the parting of the Red Sea, the 10 plagues, and the burning bush". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  31. All Things Considered (2009-04-11). "Passover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations". NPR. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  32. Michael Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2009-02-08). "'We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  33. David, Michael (2008-12-19). "Celebrating Hanukkah with menorah parades". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  34. Michael Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2008-11-08). "Nonfiction review: Curiel's 'Al' America'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  35. Michael Lukas (2008-09-28). "John Berger's 'From A to X'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  36. Michael Lukas (2008-06-15). "Detectives in the desert". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  37. Michael Lukas (2008-03-22). "Review: Studying Lebanon to unlock Middle East". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  38. Michael Lukas (2007-06-17). "Eloquent rendering of Petronius' honor suicide". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  39. David, Michael (2006-12-06). "Claudia Roden's new cookbook, Arabesque, an excellent primer on the Middle East". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  40. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_13_culinary.html?fta=y&_r=0
  41. "Tortilla Dreams - Diablo Magazine - August 2006 - East Bay - California". Diablomag.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  42. Lukas, Michael (2005-08-05). "Israel Vibration". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  43. Lukas, Michael (2005-03-04). "Tourist Class". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  44. Michael Lukas. "Features | The commercial campus". Providencephoenix.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  45. http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/1157/40/
  46. "Poetry And Prose From In Posse Review". Webdelsol.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  47. HighBeam
  48. "A Writer's Life". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  49. "Past Winners - Fiction". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  50. NMOORE (2019-01-27). "Sophie Brody Medal". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  51. "Winners". HOME | Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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