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. On, it was the #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. Michaelides' debut novel, The Silent Patient, was the #1 New York Times Bestseller of Hardcover Fiction in its first week and was the bestselling hardback debut in the US for 2019. 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.
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