Mark Bowden

For other people named Mark Bowden, see Mark Bowden (disambiguation).

Mark Bowden
Bowden in 2018
Born1951 (age 74–75)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • author
EducationLoyola University Maryland (BA)
Notable worksBlack Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War; Hue 1968
Relatives

Mark Bowden (/ˈbaʊdən/; born 1951) is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. Bowden is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, which was later adapted into a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards.

Bowden is also known for the books Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (2001), about the efforts to take down Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, and Hue 1968, an account of the Battle of Huế.

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