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BIOGRAPHY
Patricia Highsmith, mystery writer, was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She was originally named Mary Patricia Plangman. Her parents separated before she was born, and she first met her father when she was twelve. She was primarily reared by her grandmother in New York. She was educated at Columbia after graduating from Julia Richmond High School. She worked briefly for a comic book publisher before devoting her time to her own writing.
Highsmith's first book, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, was published when she was 29. Many of her works have been made into films, including THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. She has been awarded the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere and the Silver Dagger by the British Crime Writers Association.
Patricia Highsmith died in Switzerland in 1995.
CHRONOLOGY
1921 She was born in Fort Worth, Texas.
1942 She received her B.A. from Columbia University.
1950 STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
1952 THE PRICE OF SALT
1954 THE BLUNDERER/LAMENT FOR LOVER
1955 THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
1957 DEEP WATER; She was awarded the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere.
1958 MIRANDA THE PANDA IS ON THE VERANDA; A GAME FOR LIVING
1960 THIS SWEET SICKNESS
1962 THE CRY OF THE OWL
1963 She moved to Europe.
1964 THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY; She was awarded the Silver Dagger by the British Crime Writers Association.
1965 THE GLASS CELL; A SUSPENSION OF MERCY/THE STORY-TELLER
1966 PLOTTING AND WRITING SUSPENSE FICTION
1967 THOSE WHO WALK AWAY
1969 THE TREMOR OF FORGERY
1970 RIPLEY UNDER GROUND; THE SNAIL-WATCHER AND OTHER STORIES
1972 A DOG'S RANSOM
1974 RIPLEY'S GAME; KLEIN GESCHICHTEN FUR WEIBERFEINDE (LITTLE TALES OF MISOGYNY)
1975 THE ANIMAL-LOVER'S BOOK OF BEASTLY MURDER
1980 THE BOY WHO FOLLOWED RIPLEY
1981 THE BLACK HOUSE
1983 PEOPLE WHO KNOCK ON THE DOOR
1985 MERMAIDS ON THE GOLF COURSE
1986 FOUND IN THE STREET
1987 TALES OF NATURAL AN UNNATURAL CATASTROPHES
1991 RIPLEY UNDER WATER
1995 A SMALL G: A SUMMER IDYLL
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