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

  • The Glass Cell

    Patricia Highsmith

    Paperback, 2004

    At last back in print, one of Patricia Highsmith's most disturbing works.
  • The Black House

    Patricia Highsmith

    Paperback, 2005

    "A border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not-quite accidental." —John Gross, New York Times Book Review
  • Slowly, Slowly in the Wind

    Patricia Highsmith

    Paperback, 2005

    "Highsmith's writing is wicked . . . it puts a spell on you, after which you feel altered, even tainted."—Entertainment Weekly
  • The Complete Ripley Novels

    Patricia Highsmith

    Hardback, 2008

    Collected here in this stunning, boxed-set edition, The Complete Ripley Novels celebrates one of fiction’s most iconic literary characters.
  • Ripley's Game

    Patricia Highsmith

    Paperback, 2008

    With its sinister humor and genius plotting, Ripley's Game is an enduring portrait of a compulsive, sociopathic American antihero.
  • The Boy Who Followed Ripley

    Patricia Highsmith

    Paperback, 2008

    "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing." —Frank Rich
  • Ripley Under Ground

    Patricia Highsmith

    Paperback, 2009

    "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing."—Frank Rich
  • Ripley Under Water

    Patricia Highsmith

    Paperback, 2009

    "Ripley is an unmistakable descendant of Gatsby, that 'penniless young man without a past' who will stop at nothing." —Frank Rich
  • Carol

    Patricia Highsmith

    Movie Tie In Edition, Paperback, 2015

    "A great American writer…Highsmith's writing is wicked…it puts a spell on you." —Entertainment Weekly
  • Strangers on a Train: A Novel

    Patricia Highsmith, Paula Hawkins

    Paperback, 2021

    "Strangers on a Train has lost none of its power to disturb…We will likely be reading Patricia Highsmith for the next one hundred years." —Paula Hawkins