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Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley.

She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene.

Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, has been adapted for stage and screen, the best known being the Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1951. Her 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley has been adapted for film. Writing under the pseudonym Claire Morgan, Highsmith published the first lesbian novel with a happy ending, The Price of Salt, in 1952, republished 38 years later as Carol under her own name and later adapted into a 2015 film.

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American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)

Born 19 Jan 1921
Died 4 Feb 1995

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  • Cover of: The Price of Salt

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  • Cover of: The talented Mr Ripley

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  • Cover of: Strangers on a Train

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  • Cover of: The blunderer

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  • Cover of: Those who walk away

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  • Cover of: Deep Water: A Virago Modern Classic

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  • Cover of: Ripley under ground

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  • Cover of: Small g: a summer idyll

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American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)

Born 19 Jan 1921
Died 4 Feb 1995

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, general, American literature, Fiction, short stories (single author), Ripley, tom (fictitious character), fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Criminals, Criminals, fiction, Tom Ripley (Fictitious character), Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Psychopaths, Serial murders, fiction, Serial murderers, France, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, suspense, Murder, Fiction in English, American Psychological fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, Fiction, thrillers, general, Horror tales

Places

France, Italy, New Jersey, Baker Street, Berlin (Germany), Chicago, Dublin, Great Britain, Jamaica, Jefferson, John F. Kennedy International Airport, London, Mexico City (Mexico), Mississippi, New York, New York City, Paris, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanie, Suffolk (England), Tunisia, Tunisie, United States, Villeperce, Yoknapatawpha County

People

Archie, Aunt Glosspan, Berenice, C. Auguste Dupin, Carlos, Cindy Morrison, Colonel Sartoris, Duncan Ross, Egaeus, Emily Grierson, Ernest Valdemar, Homer Barron, Jabez Wilson, Jimmy McCann, John Clay, John H. Watson, Kathleen Kearney, Lexington, Minister D—, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Grierson, Mr. Holohan, Mr. Merryweather, Mr. Zuckermann, Mrs. Kearney

Time

20th century, 1890, 1940's, 1945-, 1945-1990, 1950's, 1950s, 1970-, 20e siècle, Antebellum era, Irish Revival, Siglo XX

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Alternative names

  • Claire Morgan
  • Kevin Hinkle
  • PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
  • HIGHSMITH PATRICIA
  • Patricia highsmith
  • Highsmith Patricia

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December 9, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
January 31, 2024 Edited by mheiman merge authors
January 17, 2024 Edited by bitnapper Update photos
January 17, 2024 Edited by bitnapper Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import