Publishers Weekly interviews Eliot Pattison
Here's an excerpt from the interview:
Few successful mystery authors are also prominent human rights advocates, and only one has been honored with prestigious awards for both endeavors. Eliot Pattison, whose Insp. Shan Tao Yun mystery series uses the whodunit format to depict the harsh treatment of Tibetans by the Chinese government, is the only person to have won both the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award (in 2000, for best first novel, for Shan’s debut, The Skull Mantra) and Tibet House’s U.S. Art of Freedom Award (in 2015).
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