Overview
- The bestselling author shared an exclusive lab-coat portrait Monday on Today.com after an April 8 USA Today interview disclosed her real name.
- She confirmed she is Dr. Sara Cohen, a physician who treats brain disorders, and said the wig and pen name helped protect her clinical work.
- She will keep publishing under the Freida McFadden byline and now works hospital shifts only once or twice a month.
- She described an outpouring of support since the reveal and said colleagues had already figured it out and kept her secret.
- Her breakout novel The Housemaid became a 2025 film with Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, and a sequel is in development.