Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid series, is shutting down rumors that she uses AI to write her books. "Recently, I saw an article about myself, and when I looked at the comments (big mistake, I know), I was stunned to see tons of comments from people saying not only that I use AI to write books, but also that I admitted it!" McFadden, 45, wrote in a post shared via Facebook on Saturday, April 18. "This is blatantly untrue.