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born Jan. 19, 1921, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. died Feb. 4, 1995, Locarno, Switz.
American novelist and short-story writer who is best known for psychological thrillers, in which she delved into the nature of guilt, innocence, good, and evil.
Highsmith, who took her stepfather’s name, graduated from Barnard College, New York City, in 1942 and traveled to Europe in 1949, eventually settling there. In 1950 she published Strangers on a Train, an intriguing story of two men, one ostensibly good and the other ostensibly evil, whose lives become inextricably entangled. The following ... (100 of 276 words)
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(1921-95). U.S. mystery writer Patricia Highsmith is known for her psychological thrillers in which characters’ lives intermingle with deadly results. She is recognized primarily for the novels Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, both of which were adapted into successful motion pictures.
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