The Housemaid author Freida McFadden has been hiding her true identity for years, but apparently her famous wig wasn't meant to be part of her disguise. When the bestselling writer, 45, recently revealed her real name, she also explained that the reason she hides her hair is not quite as interesting as many of her fans believed. "I have no idea how to style my hair," she explained in an interview with USA Today published on Wednesday, April 8. "It's so much more boring than anything that happens in my books.