Books
Patricia Highsmith info
Dec. 17, 2010
“Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks” collects the private writings of the “Talented Mr. Ripley” author, queer pioneer and misanthrope.
Nov. 11, 2021
Book review: ‘Patricia Highsmith, Selected Novels and Short Stories’
The collection demonstrates the author’s mastery at depicting extreme emotional and psychological states.
Entertainment & Arts
Laura Linney will play the role of American novelist Patricia Highsmith in the new stage drama “Switzerland” at the Geffen Playhouse, the company will announce Tuesday.
Feb. 3, 2015
24 Frames
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June 22, 2011
Patricia Highsmith, the Dark Lady of American Letters, worked her 1956 Olympia Portable typewriter violently enough to wipe the letter “E” right off its keyboard.
Feb. 25, 2016
The author’s five Tom Ripley novels, collected in a boxed set, place average readers discomfortably at home in the mind of an amoral criminal mastermind.
Oct. 26, 2008
Movies
The mercurial life of novelist Patricia Highsmith, author of “Strangers on a Train” and “Carol,” is explored in the documentary “Loving Highsmith.”
Sept. 8, 2022
American mystery novelist Patricia Highsmith, whose intricately plotted psychological thrillers included “Strangers on a Train,” died Saturday in a Swiss hospital, doctors said.
Feb. 5, 1995