{"id":7306,"date":"2026-04-13T14:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksfactory.pl\/blog\/freida-mcfadden-author-of-the-housemaid-reveals-her-real-identity\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:33:18","slug":"freida-mcfadden-author-of-the-housemaid-reveals-her-real-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksfactory.pl\/blog\/freida-mcfadden-author-of-the-housemaid-reveals-her-real-identity\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Freida McFadden reveals her real identity!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you follow the publishing market and love gripping psychological thrillers, you\u2019ll certainly know titles such as \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d or \u201cThe Teacher\u201d. Their author, publishing under the name Freida McFadden, managed to keep her image hidden for years \u2014 even wearing a wig in public. In an interview with \u201cUSA Today\u201d, however, she decided to break her silence for good. <\/p>\n\n

No more secrets. Meet Sara Cohen <\/h2>\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time\u201d \u2014 with these words, the writer began revealing her true identity. Behind the pen name Freida McFadden is Sara Cohen, a doctor specialising in the treatment of brain disorders. Her decision to step out of the shadows wasn\u2019t accidental. The author admitted outright that she was tired of constant speculation about who she really was. <\/p>\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m at a point in my career where I\u2019m done keeping this secret. I\u2019m tired of discussions about whether I\u2019m a real person or whether there are three men behind me. I\u2019m a real person, I have a real identity, and I have nothing to hide,\u201d <\/em> Sara Cohen confessed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Why did the author of \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d write under a pseudonym?<\/h2>\n\n

In the publishing and printing industry \u2014 where we operate day to day as Books Factory \u2014 we often meet authors who choose to write under a pen name. The reasons vary, from separating private life from professional life to building a particular personal brand. In Sara Cohen\u2019s case, the key motivation was to keep her demanding medical career separate from her passion for writing. Interestingly, the pseudonym \u201cFreida\u201d was taken from the name of a medical database. Her main goal was to keep her author alter ego secret until she was ready to scale back her work as a doctor. She worried that if colleagues discovered her identity suddenly, it could affect her credibility and ability to practise. Over time, the secret did come out among her co-workers, but they remained discreet and supportive. <\/p>\n\n

How do you combine medicine with writing bestsellers?<\/h2>\n\n

Her success in publishing made juggling two such demanding roles simply impossible.Here\u2019s what her path to full-time writing looked like:<\/p>\n\n