Norman Lewis (born December 30, 1912, in Brooklyn, New York – died September 8, 2006, in Whittier, California) was an author, grammarian, lexicographer, and etymologist.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1912, Lewis was orphaned at 5 and raised by an older sister and her husband.
At eleven, he published his first article, a book report that appeared in the now-defunct New York World Telegram.
A self-confessed "terrible student," Lewis spent nine years dropping in and out of City College of New York before earning a master's from Columbia University.
"[1] Much of Lewis's work is still in print, including Word Power Made Easy (Pocket Books, 1979); 30 Days to Better English (Signet, 1985); and 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary (Pocket Books, 1971), written with Wilfred Funk.