In 1997 she won the Catherine Pakenham Award as Best Woman Journalist of the year. Her first book, Last Seen in Lhasa, is a memoir based on her friendship with a Tibetan nun, and won the Dolman Best Travel Book Award in 2007. The Pagoda Tree is her second book. Find out more at clairescobie.com Find Claire Scobie on Twitter and on Facebook. Claire also leads literary tours to India with Abercrombie Details Book