# Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith - Hardcover

by **Grace Ellis** (Author), **Hannah Templer** (Illustrator)

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**A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic,** _**The Price of Salt**_

_Flung Out of Space_ is both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, _The Price of Salt_, and an examination of its notorious author, Patricia Highsmith_._ Veteran comics creators Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer have teamed up to tell this story through Highsmith's eyes--reimagining the events that inspired her to write the story that would become a foundational piece of queer literature. _Flung Out of Space_ opens with Pat begrudgingly writing low-brow comics. A drinker, a smoker, and a hater of life, Pat knows she can do better. Her brain churns with images of the great novel she could and should be writing--what will eventually be _Strangers on a Train_\-- which would later be adapted into a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951.

At the same time, Pat, a lesbian consumed with self-loathing, is in and out of conversion therapy, leaving a trail of sexual conquests and broken hearts in her wake. However, one of those very affairs and a chance encounter in a department store give Pat the idea for her soon-to-be beloved tale of homosexual love that was the first of its kind--it gave the lesbian protagonists a happy ending.

This is not just the story behind a classic queer book, but of a queer artist who was deeply flawed. It's a comic about what it was like to write comics in the 1950s, but also about what it means to be a writer at any time in history, struggling to find your voice.

Author Grace Ellis contextualizes Patricia Highsmith as both an unintentional queer icon _and_ a figure whose problematic views and noted anti-Semitism have cemented her controversial legacy. Highsmith's life imitated her art with results as devastating as the plot twists that brought her fame and fortune.  

### Author Biography

**Grace Ellis** made a name for herself in the industry by creating unforgettable, lovable, and funny characters. She burst onto the comics scene with The Lumberjanes, which she cocreated and cowrote. It was a _New York Times_ bestselling, Eisner and GLAAD Award-winning comics series that broke the mold of both YA and superhero comics. She is also the author and creator of the series Moonstruck, illustrated by Shea Beagle, and writer of the soon-to-be-released series Lois Lane and the Friendship Challenge for DC Comics. Ellis lives in Columbus, Ohio. **Hannah Templer** is a queer cartoonist currently living in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked as a colorist, cover artist, and interior artist on titles such as _GLOW_, _Samurai Jack_, _Jem and the Holograms_, _Captain Marvel_, and _Tomb Raider_. She is also the creator of Cosmoknights, an original graphic novel series published in 2019 by Top Shelf Comics. Her work as a cover artist--with clients like Dark Horse, IDW, Valiant, BOOM! Studios, Marvel, HarperCollins, and Abrams Books--is as extensive as it is dynamic and stunning.

**Number of Pages:** 208

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 9.6 x 6.8 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** April 19, 2022

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