Awards
- 1946 : O. Henry Award for best publication of first story, for "The Heroine" in Harper's Bazaar
- 1951 : Edgar Award nominee for best first novel, for Strangers on a Train
- 1956 : Edgar Award nominee for best novel, for The Talented Mr. Ripley
- 1957 : Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, for The Talented Mr. Ripley
- 1963 : Edgar Award nominee for best short story, for "The Terrapin"
- 1964 : Dagger Award – Category Best Foreign Novel, for The Two Faces of January from the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain
- 1975 : Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir for L'Amateur d'escargot
- 1990 : Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture
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