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His first novel the skull mantra won the edgar allan poe award in 2000. While participating in the 2015 mystery world challenge i decided to read it because it was set in tibet, a country i hadn. The skull mantra was the winner of the 2000 edgar award for best new author. Read the skull mantra inspector shan tao yun by eliot pattison for online ebook. Eliot pattison author eliot pattison is a world traveler and frequent visitor to china, whose numerous books and articles on international policy issues have been published on three continents. Without status, official identity, or the freedom to return to his former home in beijing, hes lived with the forbidden lamas for the past year.