Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks

''It promises to be one of the literary highlights of 2021 - publication of the diaries of Patricia Highsmith, one of the most conflicted, fascinating novelists of the 20th century'' Edward Helmore, Guardian

''My secrets-the secrets that everyone has-are here, in black and white.''
Published for the very first time for the centenary of her birth, Patricia Highsmith''s diaries and notebooks offer an unparalleled, unforgettable insight into the life and mind of one of the 20th century''s most talented, complex and fascinating writers.

Posthumously discovered in Highsmith''s linen cupboard and edited down from 56 thick spiral notebooks by her devoted editor, Anna Von Planta, this one-volume assemblage of her diaries and notebooks traces Highsmith''s mesmerising double life.

The diaries show Highsmith''s unwavering literary ambitions - coming often at huge personal sacrifice. We see her writing the books that would make her name, including th