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Freida McFadden, the thriller author behind The Housemaid, revealed she has used the pseudonym Sara Cohen and wore a wig and glasses to keep her brain-disorder doctor career private. She left full-time practice in 2023 and says she’s ready to publicly embrace her real identity while continuing to publish as McFadden; her next novel The Divorce is due May 26.
Bestselling thriller author Freida McFadden has revealed her real name, Sara Cohen, explaining she wrote under a pseudonym while practicing as a doctor. Cohen, who has published 27 novels, gained major fame with The Housemaid, which was adapted into a film that has grossed about $400 million. She will continue publishing under her established pen name and has reduced her medical work to occasional shifts. A sequel to The Housemaid, The Housemaid’s Secret, is in development with Sydney Sweeney returning and Kirsten Dunst potentially joining the project.
Freida McFadden—the author of The Housemaid—reveals her real name is Sara Cohen, a brain-disorder doctor who wrote under a pseudonym to protect her medical career. She’s stepped back from full-time practice but will continue writing as McFadden. A Lionsgate sequel, The Housemaid’s Secret, is in the works with Paul Feig directing and Sydney Sweeney and Kirsten Dunst co-starring, premiering Dec. 17, 2027.
The internet is abuzz with conspiracy theories surrounding the forthcoming spy movie "Argylle" and its supposed source material, a yet-to-be-published novel by Elly Conway, who some speculate is actually Taylor Swift. However, Elly Conway appears to be a fictional character, and the real author of the book is likely British thriller writer Tammy Cohen. Director Matthew Vaughn's secretive approach to the author's identity seems to be part of a metafictional marketing strategy, reminiscent of the approach taken by William Goldman in "The Princess Bride."