Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt and The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories.

Awards

Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2002

Books by Patricia Highsmith

  • This Sweet Sickness

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    In This Sweet Sickness, Patricia Highsmith, in her own inimitable fashion, has created a complex psychological tale as suspenseful as The Talented Mr. Ripley.
  • Small g: A Summer Idyll

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Like Ripley, [Highsmith's characters] burn in a reader's memory."—Susan Salters Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review
  • Slowly, Slowly in the Wind

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Highsmith's writing is wicked . . . it puts a spell on you, after which you feel altered, even tainted."—Entertainment Weekly
  • The Price of Salt, or Carol

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "A great American writer…Highsmith's writing is wicked…it puts a spell on you." —Entertainment Weekly
  • Mermaids on the Golf Course: Stories

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with this work that reveals the chilling reality behind the idyllic facade of American suburban life.
  • Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "Highsmith is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre...than are Doestoevsky, Faulkner and Camus."—Joan Smith, Los Angeles Times
  • Little Tales of Misogyny

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    "These stories, once you get the hang of them, are very wicked, very funny and—this being Highsmith’s mission in life, as far as one can tell—very unsettling." —The Guardian
  • The Glass Cell

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    At last back in print, one of Patricia Highsmith's most disturbing works.
  • A Dog's Ransom

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    Long out of print, this Highsmith classic resurfaces with a vengeance.
  • Deep Water

    Patricia Highsmith

    E Book, 2012

    Now a major motion picture starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas
    In Deep Water, set in the quiet, small town of Little Wesley, Patricia Highsmith has created a vicious and suspenseful tale of love...