Overview
- McFadden confirmed to USA Today that she is Sara Cohen, a practicing neurologist, ending years of speculation about the bestselling thriller author's identity.
- She said she adopted a pen name to avoid disrupting her hospital job and now works only one or two days a month after stepping back from full-time duties in late 2023.
- Cohen plans to keep publishing under the Freida McFadden name and told readers that her voice and honesty as an author remain unchanged.
- To protect her privacy, she wore glasses and a wig at public events, and she said a few coworkers who figured it out kept the secret and were supportive.
- Her books have sold in the millions and been translated into roughly 40 languages, and The Housemaid film starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried has spurred more screen projects in development, with strong recent launches in Germany.