Beautiful Shadow

I don't know, I guess I read biographies now. Patricia Highsmith was a wild, supremely complicated person who directly antagonized seemingly everyone she was personally or professionally associated with at some point. Super problematic and difficult figure. But man, this overview of her life and work sure made me want to read more than the two novels I've read by her. The way she apparently wove her overall mental state and experiences into her fictional worlds was so fascinating to read about. It seems like diving into her diaries and letters would also be worthwhile, based on the (ample) bits that are present here.