Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War Mark Bowden is a teacher, columnist for Atlantic Monthly, playwright, and writer. His book Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War, a worldwide bestseller that spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Bowden also worked on the screenplay for Black Hawk Down, a film version of the book, directed by Ridley Scott. Bowden is also the author of the 2001 bestseller Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw, which tells the story of Colombian billionaire drug lord Pablo Escobar's hunt. He is the author of Doctor Dealer published in 1987, Bringing the Heat in 1994, Our Finest Day in 2002 and also Finders Keepers in 2002. Bowden often writes for major American magazines. He is also an adjunct professor at Loyola College, where he teaches creative writing and journalism. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1951 and Bowden grew up in Maryland where he attended Loyola College and majored in English. Sources (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_B...