Mark Bowden

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July 17, 1951 in St. Louis, The United States

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Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American writer who is currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. 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.

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Average rating: 4.07 · 18,249 ratings · 1,663 reviews · 36 distinct works

	Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.22 avg rating — 10,183 ratings — published 1999 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw 3.77 avg rating — 3,079 ratings — published 2001 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis, The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam 4.08 avg rating — 1,068 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire 4.02 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Worm: The First Digital World War 3.31 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL 3.76 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million 3.12 avg rating — 214 ratings — 16 editions	My rating:
	Road Work: Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts 3.61 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Best American Crime Writing 2006 by Mark Bowden (Editor), Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author), Thomas H. Cook 4.02 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Bringing the Heat 4.11 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	My rating:

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“These problems have been here so long that the only way I’ve been able to function at all is by learning to ignore them. Else I would be in a constant state of panic, unable to think or act constructively.”
― Mark Bowden, Worm: The First Digital World War

tags: computers , coping , panic

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