My hospital patients have no idea I write Hollywood blockbusters on days off

SHE IS one of America's bestselling authors with a host of celebrity fans such as Victoria Beckham and Michelle Keegan, both of whom have been spotted reading her novels.

- Karen Rockett

Now Freida McFadden's worldwide hit The Housemaid is being made into a blockbuster film starring The White Lotus star Sydney Sweeney and Mamma Mia!'s Amanda Seyfried.

But despite being a hugely successful writer, the brain injury doctor based in Boston has no intention of giving up the day job entirely...

She said: "Being a doctor is my job and I don't want to lose my skills, although I only work one day a week now.

"I don't want to stop being a doctor. It is important to me but I prefer writing if I'm honest but then most people prefer doing their hobby to their job.

"No one at the hospital really knows who I am, not most of the staff and certainly not my patients. Freida McFadden is just my pen name, not my doctor name.

"At the beginning, writing I was just a hobby, a way to relax, like some people play golf. Not that I didn't want to get published but I had a few knock-backs at college. Then when self-publishing became a thing, 'why not?'." I thought