Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed "the poet of apprehension" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, "Strangers on a Train", has been adapted for
Scott Highsmith Scott Highsmith Scott Highsmith is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at East Texas Baptist University, a position he has held since the 2017 season. Highsmithwas the third head football coach at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi and he held that position for three seasons, from 2003 until 2005. His record at Belhaven was 13–20. He resigned in 2005 to take an assistant coaching position at Southeastern Louisiana University under his previous mentor Dennis Roland. Highsmith had spent 27 years in coaching as an assistant coach for various colleges and universities before taking the head coach