Author

Alex Michaelides

1977

Alex Michaelides is a British-Cypriot author and screenwriter, born in 1977 in Cyprus. He studied English literature at Cambridge University and earned a master's degree in screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Michaelides gained credibility in psychological thrillers with his debut novel, "The Silent Patient" (2019), which became a bestseller. His background in psychology, studied during his undergraduate years, informs his writing. Another notable work is "The Maidens" (2021), a psychological thriller.