Author Patricia Highsmith in 1987. (Photo: Ulf Andersen via Getty Images) Author Patricia Highsmith achieved global fame with 1950’s “Strangers on a Train” and 1955’s “The Talented Mr ...

Patricia Highsmith's 'Carol' returns: 13 great overlooked books by famous authors. Published: ; Dec. 03, 2015, 11:05 a.m.

Patricia Highsmith had a unique literary sensibility that doesn't often directly translate to the screen. At least, says Ed Siegel, until Todd Haynes made "Carol" with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.

The critically acclaimed film ‘Carol,’ based on one of her books, has helped introduce a new generation to this most puzzling, contradictory, but indispensable novelist.

Highsmith published the book in 1952 under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. It went on to sell something north of a million copies, and is considered the first love story between two women wherein ...

Fans of “The Price of Salt,” later retitled “Carol,” may disagree, pointing out that the once infamous “girl’s book” is the lone Highsmith novel with, if not a happy ending per se, a sense of hope.

There are some 20 film and television adaptations to date of Patricia Highsmith novels, including “Strangers on a Train” (1951) directed by Alfred Hitchcock, “The Talented Mr. Ripley ...

In “Loving Highsmith,” filmmaker Eva Vitija explores the life and career of author Patricia Highsmith through ... Carol”). Using clips from the movies adapted from Highsmith’s books, ...

Author Patricia Highsmith achieved global fame with 1950’s “Strangers on a Train” and 1955’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” but a new documentary reveals her private life to have been even ...

Author Patricia Highsmith achieved global fame with 1950’s “Strangers on a Train” and 1955’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” but a new documentary reveals her private life to have been even more ...