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Patricia Highsmith was born in Texas, USA in 1921 and raised first by her maternal grandmother in New York City and later by her mother and stepfather, who were both commercial artists. Best known for her psychological thrillers, including Strangers on a Train and the Ripley series, Highsmith also wrote many short stories. She died in Switzerland in 1995.



Short Story Collections

Nothing That Meets The Eye
(Bloomsbury, 2005)

reviewed by Sarah Hilary

Eleven (1970)

Little Tales of Misogyny (1974)

The Animal Lover's book of Beastly Murder
(1975

Slowly, Slowly, In the Wind (1979)

The Black House (1981)

Mermaids on the Golf Course (1985)

Tales of Natural and Unnatural catastrophes (1987)

Selected Stories (2001)

 
                     
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