Sinclair Lewis mawallafin marubucin Ba'amurke ne, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo, kuma mai sukar zamantakewar al'umma wanda ya rayu daga 1885 zuwa 1951. Shi ne Ba'amurke na farko da ya ci kyautar Nobel a cikin adabi a 1930, "saboda kwazonsa da zane-zane na kwatance da iyawarsa. ƙirƙira, tare da wayo da ban dariya, sabbin nau'ikan haruffa."A matsayin marubuci, Lewis sananne ne da zane-zane mai ban sha'awa da bayyani na al'ummar Amurka, musamman a cikin litattafansa da aka tsara a cikin ƙananan garuruwa da masu matsakaicin matsayi. . Wasu daga cikin shahararrun ayyukansa sun haɗa da "Main Street," "Babbitt," "Arrowsmith," da "Elmer Gantry." Rubutun Lewis sau da yawa yana bincika jigogi na daidaito, cin kasuwa, da kuma tashe-tashen hankula tsakanin 'yancin mutum da tsammanin zamantakewa.