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. He has won numerous awards and has written for ''Men's Journal'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''Sports Illustrated'', and ''Rolling Stone''. Bowden received international recognition for his book '', which was turned into a 2001 film directed by Ridley Scott.
Bowden's son Aaron is also a writer.

Contents

Works

Books

Filmography

Awards

Trivia

External links

Works

Books

★ ''Bringing the Heat'' (1994; ISBN 0-679-42841-0)

★ '' (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)

★ ''Unravelling the Landscape'' (2000; ISBN 0-7524-1447-X)

★ ''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)

★ '' (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)

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 (deceased) father 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.[1]

External links

★ Mark Bowden joins the discussion, ''The Question of Torture'' at the Carnegie Council

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★ Philly.com Biography: Mark Bowden

★ Atlantic Monthly Biography

★ Interview on ''Guests of the Ayatollah'' at the Pritzker Military Library