Alex Michaelides

Alex Michaelides (born 1977)[1][2] is a British-Cypriot[3] author and screenwriter. His debut novel, The Silent Patient,[4] was the #1 New York Times Bestseller of Hardcover Fiction in its first week[5] and was the #2 most sold for 2019 on Amazon.com's list of Most Sold Books in fiction.[6] The Silent Patient also won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & Thriller of 2019.[7]

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. He was born in Cyprus to a Greek father and English mother. He studied English literature at Cambridge University.[2]

References

1. "Alex Michaelides | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
2. "Alex Michaelides: The Cypriot author behind the New York Times bestseller". In-Cyprus.com. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
3. "Acclaimed author Alex Michaelides shares his imaginary and real world with an Athenian audience". Athens Insider. January 24, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
4. James, Caryn (2019-01-30). "'The Silent Patient' Is Already Making Noise". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
5. "Hardcover Fiction Books – Best Sellers – Feb. 23, 2019". The New York Times. 2019-02-23.
6. Reid, Calvin (2019-12-05). "'Crawdads,' 'Becoming' Top Amazon 2019 Lists". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
7. "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Mystery & Thriller!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2020-01-17.