Patricia Highsmith

Writer

Born: 19 January 1921
Died: 4 February 1995
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas
Best known as: Crime author and creator of Tom Ripley
Patricia Highsmith's first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950) was made into a successful film by Alfred Hitchcock, but she is probably more famous for her creation of Tom Ripley, the amoral protagonist who appeared in several of her novels. She is considered one of the more literary novelists in the crime genre. From 1963 until her death, the reclusive Highsmith lived in Europe.

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