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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

Born 19 Jan 1921
Died 4 Feb 1995

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    First published in 1952 72 editions in 6 languages — 12 previewable Cover of edition carolromaneineru0000high Cover of edition priceofsalt00high Cover of edition priceofsalt0000high_b6c4 Cover of edition carolleseauxdrob0000patr Cover of edition carol0000patr_l5y1 Cover of edition priceofsalt00morg Cover of edition priceofsalt0000high Cover of edition carol0000high_s5v7 Cover of edition carol0000high
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    First published in 1955 68 editions in 7 languages — 16 previewable Cover of edition moamayiaghayirip0000high Cover of edition pleinsoleilmonsi0000high Cover of edition eltalentodemrrip0000high Cover of edition talantlivyimiste0000high Cover of edition talentedmrripley00patr Cover of edition isbn_9780375708244 Cover of edition talentedmrripley00high Cover of edition talentedmrripley0000ming Cover of edition talentedmrriple000high
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American novelist and short story writer

Born 19 Jan 1921
Died 4 Feb 1995
Subjects
Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Criminals, Fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, Murder, Psychopaths, Serial murderers, Tom Ripley (Fictitious character), American Detective and mystery stories, Fiction in English, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, suspense, American literature, Children's fiction, Criminals, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Ripley, tom (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, France, fiction, Horror tales, Roman policier, Romans, nouvelles, Serial murders, fiction, first-person narrative
Places
France, Italy, New Jersey, Baker Street, Chicago, Great Britain, Jamaica, Jefferson, John F. Kennedy International Airport, London, Mexico City (Mexico), Mississippi, New York, New York City, Paris, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanie, Tunisia, Tunisie, United States, Villeperce, Yoknapatawpha County, rabbit room
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, Lexington, Minister D—, Mr. Grierson, Mr. Merryweather, Mr. Zuckermann, Police Inspector Jones, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Richard Morrison, Sherlock Holmes
Time
1890, 1945-, 1950's, 1950s, 1970-, 20e siècle, 20th century, Antebellum era, Siglo XX

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  • Claire Morgan
  • Kevin Hinkle
  • PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
  • HIGHSMITH PATRICIA

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