Mark Bowden

Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American writer. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and a 1973 graduate of Loyola College in Maryland, Bowden was a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1979-2003, and has won numerous awards. He has written for Men's Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone over the years, and as a result of his book, Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, Bowden's received international recognition. The book has been made into a 2001 movie, and was directed by Ridley Scott. He currently lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania

Bowden's son, Aaron, is also a writer.

Works

Books

• Bringing the Heat (1994; ISBN 0-679-42841-0)
• Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999; ISBN 0-87113-738-0)
• Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire (2000; ISBN 0-8021-3757-1)
• Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (2001; ISBN 0-87113-783-6)
• Our Finest Day : D-Day, June 6, 1944 (2002; ISBN 0-8118-3050-0)
• Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million (2002; ISBN 0-87113-859-X)
• Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency by William J. Daugherty (Foreword by Bowden) (2004; ISBN 0-8131-2334-8)
• Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad (by David Zucchino) (2005; ISBN 0-87113-911-1)
• Road Work : Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts (2006; ISBN 0-87113-876-X)
• Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam (2006; ISBN 0-87113-925-1)

Filmography

• Money for Nothing (1993) (based on his article "The Joey Coyle Story")
• Black Hawk Down (2001)
• The True Story of Killing Pablo (2002) (TV)
• Essence of Combat: Making Black Hawk Down, The (2003) (video)
• The True Story of Black Hawk Down (2003) (TV)
• Killing Pablo (2005)
• Guests of the Ayatollah (2006) (TV)
• Stalking Jihad [1] (2007) (TV)

Awards

• Finalist, National Book Award, 1999 (for Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War)
• Feature writing award from Sunday Magazine Editors Association, 1987 (for "Finder's Keeper's")
• Finalist, best newspaper writing, American Society Newspaper Editors, 1979 (for "Life in the Projects")
• Science writing award from American Association for Advancement of Science, 1980

Trivia

• His father (deceased) was a first cousin of Florida State Seminoles football coach Bobby Bowden.
• Was inspired by reading Tom Wolfe's book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, in college.[2]

External links

• Mark Bowden (II) at IMDb
• Philly.com Biography: Mark Bowden
• Atlantic Monthly Biography
• Interview on Guests of the Ayatollah at the Pritzker Military Library