Highsmith

British  

/ ˈhaɪˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. Patricia. 1921–95, US author of crime fiction. Her novels include Strangers on a Train (1950) and Ripley's Game (1974)

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Example Sentences

Watt, Alex Highsmith and Nick Herbig can create havoc if Herbert holds the ball too long.

From Los Angeles Times

Let Watt and Highsmith collapse the pocket and make Herbert uncomfortable behind a patchwork Chargers line.

From Los Angeles Times

From Thomas Mann to Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith, Michael Dibdin and Donna Leon, novelists have been drawn to the watery labyrinth where solid ground routinely crumbles and where certainty—even identity itself—might dissolve.

From The Wall Street Journal

I would invite Patricia Highsmith so that we could talk about “Ripley” and how she feels about the latest adaptation of Ripley in comparison to the film with Matt Damon.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s where “I Don’t Understand You” devotes its more darkly humorous energies when it sends Dom and Cole to sunny, pastoral Italy for an anniversary trip, dropping them into a series of lethally unfortunate situations that probably only Patricia Highsmith would consider a proper vacation.

From Los Angeles Times