The Housemaid author unmasked: a brain-disorder doctor is behind the bestseller
USA Today reveals Freida McFadden’s real name is Sara Cohen, a practicing brain-disorder doctor who wore a red wig to hide her identity; she left medicine in late 2023 to write full-time (now part-time) and the piece notes that Sydney Sweeney would play Sara Cohen and Amanda Seyfried would play Freida McFadden in the adaptation.