Patricia Highsmith
(January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) U.S.A.
Novelist
Crime novelist, née Mary Patricia Plangman in Fort Worth, Texas, part German and part British, she lived her life in Europe, mainly in Switzerland, and in the USA. Her first book Strangers on a Train (1950) was filmed by Hitchcock. She excels in tension and psychological exploration of character.
In 1952 Highsmith published The Price of Salt, her only explicitly lesbian novel, that appeared under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. Not until its reissue under the title Carol in 1991 did Patricia Highsmith reveal herself to be the writer of this work. Notable is her series dealing with the amoral Tom Ripley, including The Talented Mr. Ripley (1956), Ripley Under Ground (1971), and Ripley's Game (1974).
Excerpts from: Gabriele Griffin, Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay and Writing, Routledge, London, 2002- et alii
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