Bestselling author Freida McFadden has revealed her real name is Sara Cohen and that she is a doctor after keeping her identity secret for 23 years. She is best known for the book 'The Housemaid', which was filmed in 2025 with Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in the roles. Freida McFadden wrote under a pseudonym to avoid her celebrity status affecting her work at the hospital, according to official sources.
She usually wears a wig to maintain anonymity, the sources added. The specific hospital or medical field where Sara Cohen works has not been disclosed, nor has the reason she chose the pseudonym Freida McFadden specifically. It is also unknown how her colleagues and patients have reacted to the revelation, or whether she plans to continue writing under her real name or the pseudonym.
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