Patricia Highsmith

(January 19th, 1921 – February 4th, 1995)

Patricia Highsmith (née Mary Patricia Plangman) was an American novelist and short story writer.

Patricia Highsmith is a book author.

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Women Crime Writers

Charlotte Armstrong, Dolores Hitchens, Dorothy B Hughes, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, Helen Eustis, Margaret Millar, Patricia Highsmith, Vera Caspary
Wartime Contemporary Post-War American Crime Noir

Even the whitest of picket fences can hide a twisting darkness. And that very pressure could itself serve as one of the most complex themes of noir — that of dreams deferred and decisions made with extreme regret.

Crime Novels: Thrillers from the 1960s Part 2

Chester Himes, Evan Hunter, Margaret Millar, Patricia Highsmith
Contemporary American Crime Noir

As the 1960s began to fade into the 1970s, noir took a fascinating and complex turn. It wasn’t enough to just be about a crime — now it was about being relevant to the current moment.

Crime Novels American Noir of the 1950s

Charles Willeford, Chester Himes, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith
Contemporary American Crime Noir

Here we are moving away from looming dread of war and toward the disillusionment of what was waiting for those that returned from overseas.