Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers. She acquired world renown for Strangers on a Train, which has been adapted to the screen a number of times, most famously by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951, and for her Ripliad series of books on the character of Thomas Ripley.

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Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Highsmith spent most of her life living in France and Switzerland, and was long widely appreciated in Europe while suffering relative obscurity in the United States. She had an unhappy childhood; not only did her mother drink turpentine while pregnant in order to abort her, but she also repeatedly told her so while she was growing up. Highsmith's parents divorced a few days before she was born, and she grew up hating her stepfather. She also had a difficult, love-hate relationship with her mother, which haunted her for the rest of her life.

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