Quiz

Spent much of her later life in solitude on a 200-year old farmhouse near Locarno, Switzerland, surrounded by books and cats.

Although she was quite open about having had several lesbian relationships in her life, mostly short-lasting, she did at one time seriously consider marrying British writer Marc Brandel, although they agreed to abandon the idea eventually.

Disliked being classified as a 'crime writer'. She is perhaps better described as an author of psychological thrillers, often examining people put into harrowing situations through seemingly innocuous catalysts.

Used the pseudonym Claire Morgan for the novel The Price of Salt (later retitled Carol) because of its autobiographical lesbian theme, to avoid pigeonholing.

Raised by her grandmother in Greenwich Village, and taught to read at the age of two.

In-between England (she lived in Suffolk from 1963 - 1967) and Switzerland (she moved to Switzerland in 1983), Patricia Highsmith spent many years living in France not far from Fontainebleau in a small village called Montcourt where she wrote her second, third and fourth of five Ripley sequels. Belle Ombre, Ripley's fictitious house, is located very close to Montcourt. Andrew Wilson wrote a biography on Highsmith called "Beautiful Shadow" a translation of Belle Ombre.

Her work enjoyed greater popularity in Europe than in the United States.

Emigrated to England in 1951. Lived most of her life in Switzerland.

President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978.

Attended Barnard College