Silent Patient (Michaelides) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—September 4, 1977
• Where—Cyprus
• Education—M.A., Cambridge University; M.A., American Film Institute
• Currently—lives in London, England, UK


Alex Michaelides was born in Cyprus to a Greek-Cypriot father and English mother. He has a MA in English Literature from Cambridge University and a MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. The Silent Patient (2019) is his first novel.

Michaelides was a screenwriter before turning to novels. He wrote The Devil You Know (2013) starring Rosamund Pike and co-wrote The Con is On (2018), with Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Parker Posey, and Sofia Vergara. Michaelides lives in London. (From the publisher and Amazon.)