Dr. Sara Cohen Unveils Housemaid Secrets

0:00It's April 9th. You're listening to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered pop culture updates. I'm Cory with the story. Freedom McFadden, the powerhouse behind the housemaid books, just dropped her real name, Sarah Cohen. She's a 45-year-old doctor specializing in brain disorders, who's been hiding behind the pseudonym, WIG, and glasses to keep her day job safe. She went public in the USA Today interview because she's done with the secrecy, especially wild rumors, like her being three guys in a trench coat, or AI, pumping out her hits. Turns out most of her books predate that tag anyway. Online fans went nutspeculating, but Cohen says her real life is way duller than her thrillers. She can't even style her own hair. Anonymity, men skipping big book tours, which bummed her out since she loves connecting with readers. Balancing medicine and writing got intense, like during her third housemaid book, when she nearly cracked under the pressure. But she stuck with doctrine because it's rewarding, helping patients for real, not just quitting for the pen.

1:02Now that the mask is off, she'll keep writing as McFadden, staying true to fans. Her stories are hitting the screen too, with Cindy Sweeney starring in the first housemaid flick, and a sequel brewing alongside Amanda Saferide, and Kirsten Dunst, prove her double life built an empire.