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Date of Birth
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19-January-1921
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Place of Birth
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Fort Worth
(United States of America, Texas, Denton County, Tarrant County, Area codes 682 and 817, Area code 817, Area code 682)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Mary Patricia Plangman, Highsmith, Patricia, Claire Morgan
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Profession
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Writer, Cartoonist, Novelist, Crime writer, Author
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Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short story writer, most widely known for her psychological thrillers, which led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her first novel, Strangers on a Train, has been adapted for stage and screen numerous times, notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. In addition to her acclaimed series about murderer Tom Ripley, she wrote many short stories, often macabre, satirical or tinged with black humor. Although she wrote specifically in the genre of crime fiction, her books have been lauded by various writers and critics as being artistic and thoughtful enough to rival mainstream literature. Michael Dirda observed, "Europeans honored her as a psychological novelist, part of an existentialist tradition represented by her own favorite writers, in particular Dostoevsky, Conrad, Kafka, Gide, and Camus."
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