Eliot Pattison

Joseph Eliot Pattison ( born October 20, 1951) is an American lawyer, journalist and author of detective fiction.

As an expert in international law, he worked as a lawyer and consultant for various international companies. From it there are numerous publications on international law and other international issues. His book Breaking Boundaries (1996 ) was taken by the New York Times in the selection of the five best management books of the year.

His experience abroad, including many trips to China, provided the basis for his crime series to the earlier investigators Shan Tao Yun, who fell in the political leadership of China in disgrace in Beijing and was therefore banished to Tibet.

Pattison is married and father of three children. He lives with his family on a farm in Oley Valley, Pennsylvania.

Awards

  • 2000 Edgar Allan Poe Award - Category Best First Novel for The Skull Mantra (. Ger The strange Tibetans Rütten and Loening, Berlin 2000)

Works

Shan Tao Yun- cycle

  • The Skull Mantra, 1999 (Eng. The strange Tibetan, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Structure, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-7466-1832-0 ).
  • Water Touching Stone, 2001 (Eng. The Eye of Tibet, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Structure, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3- 7466-1984 -X).
  • Bone Mountain, 2002 (Eng. The Tibetan Oracles, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Structure, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-7466-2136-4 ).
  • Beautiful Ghosts, 2004 (Eng. The Lost Son of Tibet, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Structure, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3- 7466-2214 -X).
  • Prayer of the Dragon, 2007 (Eng. The Hill of Tibetans dead, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Structure, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-7466-2480-8 ).
  • The Lord of Death, 2009 (Eng. The Tibetan traitor, translated by Edgar Rai. Rütten and Loening, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-352-00765-1 ).
  • Mandarin Gate, 2012 (Eng. The Tibetan Agent, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Rütten and Loening, Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-352-00854-2 ).

Bone Rattler cycle

  • The Bone Rattler, 2007 (Eng. The ritual, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Rütten and Loening, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-352-00754-5 ).
  • Eye of The Raven, 2010 (Eng. The Eye of the Raven, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-352-00788-0 ).

Hadrian Boone

  • Ashes of the Earth, 2011 (Eng. The ashes of the Earth, translated by Thomas Haufschild. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-352-00826-9 ).
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