Michael Wallis (born October 7, 1945) is an American journalist,
popular historian, author and speaker. He has written seventeen books,
including Route 66: The Mother Road, about the historic highway U.S.
Route 66. His work has also been published extensively in magazines
and newspapers, including Time, Life, People, Smithsonian, The New
Yorker, and The New York Times.Wallis has received the John Steinbeck
Award, the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma
Center for the Book, the Will Rogers Spirit Award, and the Western
Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall & Western Heritage
Museum. He has been inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame,
Writers Hall of Fame of America, and the Oklahoma Historians Hall of
Fame, and was the first inductee into the Oklahoma Route 66 Hall of
Fame.Wallis was interviewed by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) for After
Words on Book TV, 29 April 2007, discussing his latest book, Billy the
Kid: The Endless Ride.Wallis also provided the voice of Sheriff in the
Disney·Pixar Cars franchise.
popular historian, author and speaker. He has written seventeen books,
including Route 66: The Mother Road, about the historic highway U.S.
Route 66. His work has also been published extensively in magazines
and newspapers, including Time, Life, People, Smithsonian, The New
Yorker, and The New York Times.Wallis has received the John Steinbeck
Award, the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklahoma
Center for the Book, the Will Rogers Spirit Award, and the Western
Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall & Western Heritage
Museum. He has been inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame,
Writers Hall of Fame of America, and the Oklahoma Historians Hall of
Fame, and was the first inductee into the Oklahoma Route 66 Hall of
Fame.Wallis was interviewed by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) for After
Words on Book TV, 29 April 2007, discussing his latest book, Billy the
Kid: The Endless Ride.Wallis also provided the voice of Sheriff in the
Disney·Pixar Cars franchise.
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