Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Patricia Highsmith 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.
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- Those Who Walk Away
- This Sweet Sickness
- The Tremor of Forgery
- The Price of Salt
- The Glass Cell
- The Cry of the Owl
- The Boy Who Followed Ripley
- The Black House
- Strangers on a Train
- Small g: a Summer Idyll
- Ripley Under Water
- Ripley Under Ground
- Ripley's Game
- People Who Knock on the Door
- Mermaids on the Golf Course
- Little Tales of Misogyny
- Found in the Street
- Edith's Diary
- Deep Water
- A Suspension of Mercy
- A Game for the Living
- A Dog's Ransom
