“Writing, of course, is a substitute for the life I cannot live,” Patricia Highsmith wrote in a diary entry from 1950. Were she Jane Austen or a Brontë sister, this might be a romantic statement.

Patricia Highsmith was a prolific self-chronicler.The author of "Strangers on a Train," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and roughly two-dozen other novels and works of short fiction kept diaries ...

Patricia Highsmith (Ellen Rifkin Hill, courtesy Swiss Social Archives) It’s when the documentary aims for more conventional biography that it flounders, ...

Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her psychological thrillers, ...

Shooting is underway in Rome on Anton Corbijn's thriller "Switzerland,” starring Helen Mirren as American crime novelist Patricia Highsmith, with Alden Ehrenreich (“Oppenheimer”) and Olivia ...

The same might be said of Highsmith. Her story begins in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1921. Abandoned by her father in infancy, a love-hate relationship with her mother left deeper scars.

For a total psychopath, Tom Ripley is remarkably popular. As we near the 25th anniversary of the acclaimed Oscar-nominated big screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's most infamous creation, The ...

Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon) has joined the cast of Anton Corbijn's thriller Switzerland starring Helen Mirren as crime novelist and Tom Ripley creator Patricia Highsmith. Sources close to ...

The author of the celebrated lesbian novel adapted in the 2015 film “Carol” and the creator of the sociopathic serial killer Tom Ripley, Texas-born Patricia Highsmith is now the subject of a ...

Together, Highsmith’s former flames draw a compelling portrait of underground life in the mid 20 th century, as we learn how each influenced the author both personally and professionally.