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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.
Freida McFadden publicly reveals her real identity as Sara Cohen, a physician who used a pseudonym to separate her writing from her medical career; she will continue publishing as McFadden. The Housemaid, the 2022 thriller that began the series and was adapted into a film starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, is part of a developing franchise with The Housemaid’s Secret slated for a December 17, 2027 theatrical release, with Kirsten Dunst joining the cast and Paul Feig directing the sequel.
Best-selling thriller author Freida McFadden revealed her real name as Sara Cohen, explaining she created the Freida pseudonym to protect her medical career; she’s stepping back from full-time medicine and continuing to publish prolifically, with millions of copies sold in the UK and US and The Housemaid adapted into a film.