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Patricia Highsmith

Born

in Fort Worth, Texas, The United States

January 19, 1921

Died

February 04, 1995

Website

http://chooseyourhighsmith.com/

Genre

Mystery, Fiction, Short Stories

Influences

Dostoyevsky, Albert Camus, Conrad, Kafka, André Gide ...more

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Patricia Highsmith (19 January 1921 – 4 February 1995) was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers which have led to more than two dozen film adaptations over the years.

She lived with her grandmother, mother and later step-father (her mother divorced her natural father six months before 'Patsy' was born and married Stanley Highsmith) in Fort Worth before moving with her parents to New York in 1927 but returned to live with her grandmother for a year in 1933. Returning to her parents in New York, she attended public schools in New York City and later graduated from Barnard College in 1942.

Shortly after graduation her short story "The Heroine" was published in the Harper's Bazaar magazine and it was se ...more

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Patricia Highsmith’s books

Average rating: 3.87 · 363,318 ratings · 35,276 reviews · 485 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 124,624 ratings — published 1955 — 247 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith, Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.72 avg rating — 39,787 ratings — published 1950 — 201 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ripley Under Ground (Ripley, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 14,967 ratings — published 1970 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ripley's Game (Ripley, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 11,438 ratings — published 1974 — 137 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep Water 3.65 avg rating — 11,040 ratings — published 1957	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Followed Ripley (Ripley, #4) 3.64 avg rating — 6,746 ratings — published 1980 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ripley Under Water (Ripley, #5) 3.79 avg rating — 6,116 ratings — published 1991 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cry of the Owl 3.75 avg rating — 4,238 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blunderer 3.70 avg rating — 3,645 ratings — published 1954 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Sweet Sickness 3.80 avg rating — 3,486 ratings — published 1960 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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