Image Credit: WireImage Freida McFadden, the author of The Housemaid, knew it was time to reveal her true identity. Now that her work has become a global success, spawning the hit film starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, Freida unveiled her real name: Sara Cohen. "I'm at a point in my career when I'm tired of this being a secret," Sara - who is also a doctor - told USA Today in an April 2026 interview. "I'm tired of people debating if I'm a real person or if I'm three men. I am a real person, and I have a real identity, and I don't have anything to hide.