Michael Wallis (born October 7, 1945) is a voice actor, journalist and popular historian of the Western United States. 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.