Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950s, A Memoir

"Patricia Highsmith, author of classics such as The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train, was a writer who defied simple categorization.  Gore Vidal called her: "One of our greatest modernist writers." 

To young novelist, Marijane Meaker, however, Highsmith was more than a role model.  Shortly after the two met in a New York City lesbian bar, they became lovers and embarked on a two year romance amidst the bohemian set of Greenwich Village and the literary crowd of Fire Island." ~excerpt from the back cover of Highsmith