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January 01, 1951 in Philadelphia, The United States

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About this author

Edgar Award winning Eliot Pattison has been described as a "writer of faraway mysteries," a label which is particularly apt for someone whose travel and interests span a million miles of global trekking, visiting every continent but Antarctica. An international lawyer by training, Pattison first combined his deep concerns for the people of Tibet with his interest in fiction writing in The Skull Mantra, which launched the popular Inspector Shan series. The series has been translated into over twenty languages around the world. Both The Skull Mantra and Water Touching Stone were selected by Amazon.com for its annual list of ten best new mysteries. Water Touching Stone was selected by Booksense as the number one mystery of all time for readers...more


Average rating: 3.92 · 2,556 ratings · 555 reviews · 12 distinct works
The Skull Mantra (Inspector...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 778 ratings — published 1999 — 18 editions
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Bone Rattler: A Mystery of ...
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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Water Touching Stone (Inspe...
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2001 — 16 editions
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Bone Mountain (Inspector Sh...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions
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Beautiful Ghosts (Inspector...
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions
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Prayer of the Dragon (Inspe...
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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The Lord of Death (Inspecto...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
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Ashes of the Earth: A Myste...
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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Eye of the Raven: A Mystery...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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Water Touching Stone Part 1...
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001
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More books by Eliot Pattison…
The Skull Mantra Water Touching Stone Bone Mountain Beautiful Ghosts Prayer of the Dragon The Lord of Death Mandarin Gate
Inspector Shan (7 books)
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4.078804347826087 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 1,840 ratings
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3.568027210884354 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 588 ratings
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3.347517730496454 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 141 ratings

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Eliot Pattison made a comment in the group Q&A with Eliot PattisonBone Rattler Series topic
"Daniele wrote: "Hello, Eliot.
Will there be more books in this series? They are two of my all-time favorites."


Daniele--

Thanks for your message. I am ju...more
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Eliot Pattison made a comment in the group Q&A with Eliot PattisonWriting Process topic
"Laura wrote: "Hi Eliot -

I also have a question about your writing process. How much of yourself is in each character and do you consciously create a
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"Jan wrote: "Eliot wrote: "Fran wrote: "I am creating my fall schedule and I hope to interview you in November. Fran"

Fran--I meant to mention that my n
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Eliot Pattison made a comment in the group Q&A with Eliot PattisonAshes of the Earth topic
"Jill wrote: "Hi Eliot -

I really liked Ashes of the Earth. I have to admit that it gave me nightmares:-) But in a good way. The setting was so vivid.
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Eliot Pattison made a comment in the group Q&A with Eliot PattisonWelcome! topic
"Maxine--

Thanks for your interest. Ashes is my ninth novel and if you enjoyed you should try some of the others since they have a lot of themes in comm...more
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More of Eliot's books…
“I tell them that the only peace you find up on a mountain is the peace you bring with you.”
Eliot Pattison, The Lord of Death

“Shan stared at his glass, then lifted it under his nose. It was the closest he would knowingly get to tasting the hard liquor. It was not because it would violate the vows of the monks, which he had not taken, but because somehow it felt as though it would violate his teachers who still sat behind prison wire in Lhadrung.”
Eliot Pattison, Water Touching Stone

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The Book Addicts!: What book(s) are u anxiously waiting to read? 154 436 Mar 16, 2012 07:12am  
Around the World ...: Tibet 4 50 Apr 10, 2012 05:56pm  
Around the World ...: * Reading Plans 56 168 May 02, 2012 06:01pm  
The Book Addicts!: * What To Read in June 2012! 88 316 May 10, 2012 07:56pm  
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