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  1. Patricia Highsmith (born Mary Patricia Plangman; 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 ...

  2. Jan 17, 2021 · Sun 17 Jan 2021 05.00 EST. She espoused vile antisemitic views, telling people she was a “Jew hater” and calling the deaths of six million Jews “the semicaust” because she was disappointed ...

  3. Apr 19, 2021 · Who was Patricia Highsmith? Most answers warrant a rebuttal. The writer was a collision of contradictions, a woman for whom every aspect of herself (including being a woman) demanded internal...

  4. Apr 10, 2024 · Where to start with: Patricia Highsmith. Thanks to Netflix’s moody adaptation, Ripley, there’s more awareness of Highsmiths skills as an expert writer of guilt, ambivalence and moral ...

  5. Apr 23, 2024 · Patricia Highsmith (born January 19, 1921, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.—died February 4, 1995, Locarno, Switzerland) was an American novelist and short-story writer who was best known for psychological thrillers, in which she delved into the nature of guilt, innocence, good, and evil.

  6. Mar 21, 2023 · Published March 8, 2023 Updated March 21, 2023. Though I have been a reader of crime fiction all of my adult life, I avoided the work of Patricia Highsmith (1921-95) until my early 30s. Bleak...

  7. Nov 22, 2015 · In December of 1948, Patricia Highsmith was a twenty-seven-year-old aspiring writer with a murderous imagination and an outsized talent for seducing women.

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