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Alex Michaelides (born 1977)[1][2] is a bestselling British Cypriot[3] author and screenwriter. His debut novel, the psychological thriller The Silent Patient, is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, with over three million copies sold.

Biography

Michaelides was born in Cyprus to a Cypriot father and English mother. He studied English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge University.[2]

He studied psychotherapy for three years, and worked for two years at a secure unit for young adults. This work provided material and inspiration for his debut novel The Silent Patient.[4]

Work

Michaelides' debut novel, The Silent Patient,[5] was the No. 1 New York Times Bestseller of Hardcover Fiction in its first week[6] and was the bestselling hardback debut in the US for 2019.[4] It was a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller for seven weeks.[4] On Amazon.com, it was the No. 2 most sold for 2019 in their list of Most Sold Books in fiction[7] and named as their number one thriller of 2019.[4] It also won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & Thriller of 2019,[8] was chosen as a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and as a Book of the Month in The Times.[4] It was shortlisted for a Barry for best debut and Barnes and Noble's Book of the Year.[4] Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B, is developing The Silent Patient as a film.[9]

Michaelides' second novel, The Maidens, was published on 10 June 2021 by Orion Publishing (UK)[10] and on 15 June 2021 by Celadon Books (US).[11] It is a psychological detective story about a series of murders at a Cambridge college.[9] The novel debuted at number two on The New York Times fiction best-seller list for the week ending 19 June 2021.[12]

Michaelides also wrote the film The Devil You Know, starring Lena Olin, Rosamund Pike, and Jennifer Lawrence, and co-wrote The Con Is On, starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Parker Posey, and Sofia Vergara.

Bibliography

• The Silent Patient (2019)
• The Maidens (2021)[9]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Alex Michaelides

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[ru] Михаэлидес, Алекс

Алекс Михаэлидис (англ. Alex Michaelides; 4 сентября 1977[1]) — британский сценарист и писатель кипрского происхождения, в жанре триллер[2].

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