Alex Michaelides was born and raised in Cyprus. He has an MA in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge University, and an MA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. The Silent Patient was his first novel, and was the biggest selling debut in the world in 2019. It spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and sold in a record-breaking 50 countries. Alex lives in London.
Elegant, sinister, stylish and thrilling, The Maidens answers the
weighty question, how do you go about following one of the biggest
thrillers of the past decade? You write something even better.
*CHRIS WHITAKER*
Alex has achieved the almost impossible and surpassed The Silent
Patient in this compelling literary thriller, which grips from
intriguing start to horrifying finish ... A brilliant
achievement.
*HARRIET TYCE*
What a thrilling, heart in throat ride. A great triumph.
*STEPHEN FRY*
A deliciously dark, elegant, utterly compulsive read - with a twist
that blew my mind. I loved this even more than I loved The Silent
Patient and that's saying something!
*LUCY FOLEY*
Alex Michaelides hits a home run in his sophomore effort. The
Maidens is a page-turner of the first order.
*DAVID BALDACCI*
A stunning psychological thriller ... The intelligent, cerebral
plot finds contemporary parallels in Euripides's tragedies,
Jacobean dramas such as The Duchess of Malfi, and Tennyson's
poetry. The devastating ending shows just how little the troubled
Mariana knows about the human psyche or herself. Michaelides is on
a roll.
*Publishers Weekly*
The greatest campus novel since The Secret History by Donna Tartt.
Packed to the dreaming spires with mystery, murder, emotion and a
yearning, heart-aching nostalgia for all that we leave in the past
- places, lovers and ourselves when we were young. The millions who
loved The Silent Patient will be delighted to hear that Alex
Michaelides once again mugs you with a climatic twist that you will
NEVER see coming.
*TONY PARSONS*
Michaelides' stage-setting skills are as masterful here, as they
were in The Silent Patient - another tense, cleverly twisted
winner.
*Booklist*
Nothing short of genius.
*Woman&Home*
[Michaelides'] writing, especially his characterisation, possesses
a unique sparkle and more promise than most other writers.
*Daily Mail*
The Maidens is a compelling read, and delivers its Hellenic thrills
in style.
*Sunday Telegraph*
Stylishly written with a great sense of place, bestselling author
Michaelides' second novel is a compelling and complex psychological
thriller of the highest order.
*Irish Independent*
A thriller that deftly weaves psychology, murder and an
understanding of Greek mythology - where do we sign up?
*Belfast Telegraph*
This atmospheric mystery speeds along at such a pace, Michaelides'
genius for storytelling is clear.
*Woman*
Michaelides is a stylish writer who seamlessly weaves Greek
mythology, psychology and murder into his writing and this
atmospheric thriller keeps you guessing till the end.
*Independent*
It's a tense, original story set against the luscious backdrop of
the ancient university.
*Daily Mail, Summer roundup*
The Maidens ticks a lot of boxes, particularly if you like a good
thriller. It has a fast pace, lots of misdirection, and intriguing
backstory and a damaged protagonist.
*Sunday Life*
Tautly plotted and impeccably paced , it's an intelligent and
propulsive second novel.
*The Observer*
When Alex Michaelides' first psychological thriller, The Silent
Patient, debuted in 2019, it skyrocketed to the top of best-seller
lists. His follow-up is just as twisty-and involves another
suspicious killing.
*Time Magazine, European edition*
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