Michael David Lukas (born March 30, 1979) is an American author best known for his novel The Oracle of Stamboul, published by Harper Collins[1] and translated into over a dozen languages.[2] His writing has been published in The New York Times,[3] Wall Street Journal,[4] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[5] He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey [2] and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Tunisia.[6] He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,[7] Santa Maddalena Foundation,[8] and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.[9] Lukas has taught creative writing at 826 Valencia,[10] The Writers' Studio at Stanford University,[11] and the University of the Pacific.[12]