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2、heoperation.HighsmithspentherfinalyearsinanisolatedhousenearLocarno,onrheSwiss-ltalianborder.ShediedinSwitzerlandin1995.HerAbouttheauthorreputationisassuredthroughtheRipleybooks,butshealsoleftbchindsomeexcellentshortstories,abookforyoungerreaders,andstlmePatriciaHighsmithwasanAmerican
3、mysterywriter,butherworksinterestingnon-fictionworksontheartofwriting.wereespecia[ysuccessfulinEurope.ShehadrootsinEurope-herfatherwasofGermandescent,andhermaternalgrandmotherwasScottish.ShewasbomMaryPatriciaPlangmannearFort!ilorth,AboutthestoryTexasin1921,butgrewupinNewYorkCity.Herpa
4、rentswerebothTheRomanticwasfirstpublishedinCosmopolitan,London,in1983.commercialartists.TheydivorcedbeforeshewasbomandshedidItCowse,laterformedpartofthecollectionMermaidsontheGolfnotmeetherfatheruntilshewas12yearsold.Shetookthesurnamepublishedin1985.Highsmithfrornherstepfather.Highsmi
5、thhadanintenseanddif'ficultrelationshipwithhermother,whichupsetherallherlife,andshewasBackgroundinformationclosertohergrandmother,whotookcareofherwhenshewasalittlegirl.NewYcrkCityHighsmithwaseclucatedatJuliaRichrnondHighSchool,NewThestorytakesplaceinNewYorkCitywherethemaincharacterIsa
6、belYorkCity,andBamardCollege.Sheeditedtheschoolmagazineandlivesandworks.Famouslandmarksarementioned,suchasCentraldecidedattheageof16tobecomeawriter.Afterleavingcollege,shePark,thebiggestparkinthecity,andtheMetropolitanMuseutn,aspentsometimeworkingonstorylinesandscriptsforcomicbooks.la
7、rgemuseumfullofvariedexhibits.Herfirstnovel,Strangersona?ain,waspublishedin1950,ItwasNewYorkCityconsistsofseveralareas,amongthemtheislandofabouttwomenwhomeetonatrainanddecideto'exchange'murders.Manhattan,QueensandBrooklyn,allreferredtointhestory.TheThebookwastumedintoafilmbythedirecto
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