Mark Bowden and M.P. Woodward: A Conversation Between Writers In-Person
Join us for a conversation between writers - a new series at the Kennett Library hosted by Mark Bowden. Mark will pose about 8-10 discussion topics to discuss the writing and editing process with author M.P. Woodward, focusing on what it's like to write as a legacy author for the late Tom Clancy. His most recent book, Tom Clancy Shadow State, will be for sale by Hockessin Book Shelf.
Refreshments and book signing in the gallery after the event.
M.P. Woodward is the NYT bestselling author of the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan Jr. and "The Handler" CIA espionage series (The Handler and Dead Drop). He served as a U.S. Naval intelligence officer before going on to an international career in tech and streaming media. He lives in the Pacific Northwest currently but spent his childhood in Kennett Square (Greenwood Elementary, Kennett Middle School). His family has deep ties to the Chester County area.
Mark Bowden is the author of fifteen books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down. He reported at the Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years and now writes for the Atlantic and other magazines.
His books include Black Hawk Down, Huế 1968, and The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden. His book Black Hawk Down, a finalist for the National Book Award, was the basis of the film of the same name. His book Killing Pablo won the Overseas Press Club’s 2001 Cornelius Ryan Award for book of the year. Among his other books are Guests of the Ayatollah, an account of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, which Newsweek listed as one of “The 50 Books for Our Times.” His other books include The Best Game Ever, the story of the 1958 NFL championship game; Worm, which tells the story of the Conficker computer worm, based on the article “The Enemy Within,” published in this magazine; The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden; and Huế 1968.
Bowden has received the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award and the International Thriller Writers’ True Thriller Award for lifetime achievement. A reporter and columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 30 years, Bowden has been an adjunct professor at the University of Delaware.