As of right now he is a writer, and a professor at Loyola College of Maryland where he teaches creative writing and journalism. He is also a journalist, and screenwriter. He has been a writer for Philadelphia Inquirer since nineteen-seventy-nine. He is also know for writing for Men?s Journal, Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone. He is most recognized for his book, Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. He has also written Bring the Heat, Killing Pablo, Our Finest Day, Finder?s Keeper?s, and Doctor Dealer.
Mark Bowden is also involved with filmography. In nineteen-ninety-three, he wrote the screenplay Money for Nothing, which was based on his article The Joey Coyle Story. Next he wrote the screenplay of Black Hawk Down in two-thousand and one. In two-thousand and two he helped with the TV show, The True Story of Killing Pablo. He continued this spree when in two-thousand and three he helped with the TV show, The True Story of Black Hawk Down. Right now he is writing the screenplay of Killing Pablo.
He has won a fair amount of awards for his work in his life time. In nineteen-seventy-nine, he was awarded, Finalist, best newspaper writing, American Society Newspaper Editors, for Life in the Projects. He was awarded Science writing award from American Association for Advancement of Science, in nineteen-eighty. Then in nineteen-eighty-nine he won, Feature writing award from Sunday Magazine Editors Association, for Finder?s Keeper?s. In nineteen-ninety-nine, Black Hawk Down spent a year on New York Times bestseller list, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. His book, Killing Pablo won the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award as the best book in two-thousand and one. His original series of articles, which became Black Hawk Down, won him the Overseas Press Club?s Hal Boyle award.
