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The Housemaid author Frieda McFadden has stepped out of the shadows.
McFadden has revealed her true identity and has confirmed her day job as a brain doctor following the major success of her popular thriller book and its subsequent film adaptation. Released in 2022, the psychological thriller novel became a bestseller, leading to an adaptation led by Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in 2025. The Housemaid was a massive box office success.
Now, USA Today has broken the news of McFadden revealing her true identity. The Housemaid author’s real name is Sara Cohen, who works as a brain doctor treating brain disorders. Cohen kept her identity a secret from the public to ensure her writing didn’t clash with her work. She quit working full-time in late 2023, but still sees some patients.
Cohen, who earned her degree at Harvard University, revealed that her coworkers eventually discovered her identity as McFadden, all keeping it a secret as she continued to write. According to the report, she began to bring her books to the hospital, realizing that “I was completely overwhelmed from trying to do both” jobs at the same time.
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