Who wrote the novel "The Silent Patient"?

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.This 2019 psychological thriller novel is written by British–Cypriot author Alex Michaelides.His debut novel,The Silent Patient, is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, with over 6.5 million copies sold.He studied psychotherapy for three years, and worked for two years at a secure unit for young adults. This work provided material and inspiration for this debut novel.Michaelides’ second novel, The Maidens, was published on 10 June 2021 by Orion Publishing (UK) and on 15 June 2021 by Celadon Books (US).It is a psychological detective story about a series of murders at a Cambridge college.