The Author

Alex Michaelides read English at Cambridge University and screenwriting at the American Film Institute. He wrote the film Devil You Know starring Rosamund Pike, and co–wrote The Con is on. His debut novel, The Silent Patient ,is also being developed into a major motion picture, and has been sold in thirteen – nine territories worldwide. Born in Cyprus to a Greek –Cypriot father and English mother, Michaelides now lives in London, England.