' 'The Silent Patient' Is Already Making Noise'. ^ 'Acclaimed author Alex Michaelides shares his imaginary and real world with an Athenian audience'.^ a b 'Alex Michaelides: The Cypriot author behind the New York Times bestseller'.^ 'Alex Michaelides | Authors | Macmillan'.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. The novel debuted at number two on The New York Times fiction best-seller list for the week ending 19 June 2021. It is a psychological detective story about a series of murders at a Cambridge college. Michaelides' second novel, The Maidens, was published on 10 June 2021 by Orion Publishing (UK) and on 15 June 2021 by Celadon Books (US). Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B, is developing The Silent Patient as a film. It was shortlisted for a Barry for best debut and Barnes and Noble's Book of the Year. It also won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & Thriller of 2019, was chosen as a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and as a Book of the Month in The Times. 2 most sold for 2019 in their list of Most Sold Books in fiction and named as their number one thriller of 2019. It was a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller for seven weeks. 1 New York Times Bestseller of Hardcover Fiction in its first week and was the bestselling hardback debut in the US for 2019. Michaelides' debut novel, The Silent Patient, was the No. This work provided material and inspiration for his debut novel The Silent Patient. He studied psychotherapy for three years, and worked for two years at a secure unit for young adults. He studied English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Michaelides was born in Cyprus to a Cypriot father and English mother. His debut novel, the psychological thriller The Silent Patient, is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, with over 6.5 million copies sold. Alex Michaelides (born 1977) is a bestselling British Cypriot author and screenwriter.

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