Best-selling The Housemaid author Freida McFadden reveals true identity
One of the biggest mysteries in publishing is solved, as The Housemaid writer reveals her real name.
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Notable Quotes
"I'm at a point in my career when I'm tired of this being a secret."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"I love that people are reading my books, but the spotlight on me specifically is hard."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"My whole goal was to keep it a secret until I was [ready to] step back from my doctor job."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"I’m at a point in my career when I’m tired of this being a secret."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"I just realized I was completely overwhelmed from trying to do both."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"Even though the name will be a surprise, nothing else will."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
""I’m tired of people debating if I'm a real person or if I'm three men. I am a real person and I have a real identity and I don't have anything to hide.""
— Freida McFadden , Celebrity
""Even though I haven't told my real name until now, I feel like I have shared the real me all along and everything I've told them has been the truth.""
— Freida McFadden , Celebrity
"I’m at a point in my career when I’m tired of this being a secret."
— Freida McFadden , Celebrity
"My whole goal was to keep it a secret until I was [ready to] step back from my doctor job..."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"I'm at a point in my career when I'm tired of this being a secret. I'm tired of people debating if I'm a real person or if I'm three men."
— Freida McFadden , Celebrity
"Some people go into writing hoping to quit their day job, but I didn't do it [for that reason]. I was just having fun."
— Freida McFadden , Celebrity
"I'm at a point in my career when I'm tired of this being a secret. I'm tired of people debating if I'm a real person or if I'm three men. I am a real person and I have a real identity and I don't have anything to hide."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"Even though I haven't told my real name until now, I feel like I have shared the real me all along and everything I've told them has been the truth."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"He llegado a un punto en mi carrera en el que estoy cansada de que esto sea un secreto."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"Siempre he sido sincera con mis lectores."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
"Soy una persona real -ha insistido-, tengo una identidad real y no tengo nada que ocultar"
— Freida McFadden , Celebrity
"Estoy cansada de que la gente debata si soy una persona real o si soy tres hombres"
— Freida McFadden , Celebrity
"Jag är vid en punkt i karriären där jag är trött på att det här är en hemlighet."
— Sara Cohen , Celebrity
Key People
Amanda Seyfried is an actress who starred in the film adaptation of The Housemaid.
Freida McFadden is a contemporary author known for her thriller novels.
Children's author known for creating The Gruffalo.
Kirsten Dunst is an actress celebrated for her performances in various films, including the upcoming sequel to 'The Housemaid'.
Paul Feig is a filmmaker who adapted 'The Housemaid' for Lionsgate.
Sara Cohen is a doctor and author who revealed her true identity as the writer Freida McFadden.
Sydney Sweeney is an actress who starred in the film adaptation of The Housemaid.
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One of the biggest mysteries in publishing is solved, as The Housemaid writer reveals her real name.
Fans react as Freida McFadden, author of 'The Housemaid', reveals her real name as Sara Cohen, a brain doctor, ending years of speculation.
Freida McFadden, author of 'The Housemaid', reveals her real name as Sara Cohen, a brain doctor, expressing she's tired of the secrecy surrounding her identity.
Freida McFadden, author of 'The Housemaid', reveals her real name as Sara Cohen, a brain doctor, after 23 years of maintaining secrecy about her identity.
Freida McFadden, author of the hit novel 'The Housemaid', has revealed that her real name is Sara Cohen and that she works as a brain doctor when not writing books.
La autora del bestseller de 2025 en España, 'La asistenta', conocida hasta ahora por el seudónimo Freida McFadden, ha revelado ... como Sara Cohen, médica especialista en trastornos cerebrales de 45 años.
Freida McFadden, author of 'The Housemaid', reveals her real name as Sara Cohen, a brain doctor, ending years of speculation about her identity.
Efter 23 års anonymitet har succéförfattaren bakom thrillern 'The Housemaid' avslöjat sin sanna identitet. Freida McFadden, känd för att ha framträtt i peruk och glasögon, heter i verkligheten Sara Cohen och arbetar som hjärnläkare vid sidan av sitt författarskap.
Freida McFadden, known for 'The Housemaid', discloses her true identity as Sara Cohen, a doctor treating brain disorders, after years of maintaining secrecy.
Sara Cohen, conocida hasta ahora por el seudónimo Freida McFadden, ha revelado públicamente su verdadera identidad. Cohen es médica especializada en trastornos cerebrales y autora de gran éxito en el género del thriller psicológico, destacando con su bestseller 'La asistenta'.
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