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With The Fury, Alex Michaelides Learned To Let Go [Bustle]
The celebrated author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens found a new way of working.
In 'The Fury' Alex Michaelides wants to turn the murder mystery genre on its head [NPR All Things Considered]
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Alex Michaelides about his new murder mystery, The Fury.
Alex Michaelides talks new book, 'The Fury' [Good Morning America]
The New York Times bestselling author discusses his new book about a reclusive ex-movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder.
Alex Michaelides’s new book, ‘The Fury,’ is Agatha Christie-Style Fun [The Boston Globe]
As he proved in his smash-hit “The Silent Patient,” Alex Michaelides is a master of the unreliable narrator.
At face value, “The Fury,” (out Jan. 16) is a 180-degree-pivot from both the 2019 psychological-thriller debut that made the Cypriot a name on the mystery circuit–“Patient” lived on the New York Bestseller list for so many years it needed to rent a room – and his darker sophomore bestseller, “The Maidens” (2021).
“Fury” is pure Agatha Christie-esque fun– genre romp, complete with remote island setting and larger-than-life characters who might’ve dunit.
Michaelides' 'The Fury' is a mystery with clever storytelling [Charleston Gazette-Mail]
Best-selling author Alex Michaelides (“The Silent Patient,” “The Maidens”) places his newest novel on a windswept Greek island called Aura as retired movie star Lana Farrar has grown weary of the endless London winter.
Celadon Books to Publish New Thriller by Alex Michaelides
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York—May 22, 2023
Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers, announced today the publication of a new thriller by Alex Michaelides, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York—May 22, 2023
Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers, announced today the publication of a new thriller by Alex Michaelides, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Maidens.
How a Failed Screenwriting Career Forged a Best-Selling Author [The New York Times]
Not only has it been a stalwart across hardcover, paperback and audio best-seller lists, “The Silent Patient” has inspired a slew of #BookTok videos with 14 million viewers. A movie is in the works. The sale of the film rights provided a nice full-circle moment for Michaelides, who is now grateful for the “edge of desperation” that pushed him into the book-writing arena in the first place.
‘The Maidens’ is New in Paperback [People Magazine]
Therapist Mariana becomes convinced that professor Edward Fosca is a killer in this tour de force of mythology and murder.
15 Best Murder Mystery Books That Are Total Page Turners [The Pioneer Woman]
This psychological thriller about a woman who shoots her husband five times and then never speaks again is full of twists and turns. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this bestselling novel is headed for the big screen, so read it now before you catch the movie.
This psychological thriller about a woman who shoots her husband five times and then never speaks again is full of twists and turns.
Cambridge: Alex Michaelides on how city inspired new novel The Maidens [The Herald]
Growing up on the island of Cyprus, I was immersed in Greek mythology from a young age, and it has been a powerful source of inspiration for me. So I first must recommend Mythos…
It is one of the most beautiful and romantic places I've ever seen. The Cambridge colleges are simply stunning.
Bestselling author Alex Michaelides:'Why write thrillers? It's a way of being scared in a very contained, safe way' [Independent]
The tension of growing up in a society riven by conflict pushed the novelist into writing thrillers.
The tension of growing up in a society riven by conflict pushed the novelist into writing thrillers.
A Q&A with Alex Michaelides, Author of The Maidens and The Silent Patient [Irish Times]
‘I asked myself what Agatha Christie would do, and what she hadn’t already done.’
‘I asked myself what Agatha Christie would do, and what she hadn’t already done.’
Alex Michaelides recommends 6 books influenced by mythology [The Week]
Growing up on the island of Cyprus, I was immersed in Greek mythology from a young age, and it has been a powerful source of inspiration for me.
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides Book Review [POPSUGAR Entertainment]
What do Greek mythology, a secret society, and two brutal murders all have in common? They set the scene of The Silent Patient author Alex Michaelides's brand-new thriller (out today!), The Maidens ($17). Enticingly dark and compulsively pageturning, this chilling novel takes readers on a suspenseful journey that's both terrifying and twisted.
What do Greek mythology, a secret society, and two brutal murders all have in common? They set the scene of The Silent Patient author Alex Michaelides's brand-new thriller (out today!), The Maidens ($17). Enticingly dark and compulsively pageturning, this chilling novel takes readers on a suspenseful journey that's both terrifying and twisted.
Alex Michaelides’ Novel ‘The Maidens’ In Works For Television By Miramax & Stone Village [Deadline]
Miramax Television and Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village are teaming to develop a series adaptation of Alex Michaelides’ upcoming novel The Maidens. British writer-actor Morwenna Banks (Damned) is attached to pen the adaptation.
Miramax Television and Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village are teaming to develop a series adaptation of Alex Michaelides’ upcoming novel The Maidens. British writer-actor Morwenna Banks (Damned) is attached to pen the adaptation.
Alex Michaelides on his new book, The Maidens [Good Morning America]
The bestselling author follows the massive success of his first novel, "The Silent Patient," and talks about the inspiration for the new book, his writing process and favorite place to write.
The bestselling author follows the massive success of his first novel, "The Silent Patient," and talks about the inspiration for the new book, his writing process and favorite place to write.
A professor's handpicked group of privileged young women; and a deal with the devil after fortune teller's murder [Independent]
Mariana Andros — half Greek, half English — studied in St Christopher’s College as a young woman and met the love of her life, her late husband Sebastian, as an undergraduate. Now a successful group therapist struggling with grief at the loss of Sebastian in a holiday accident, she returns to St Christopher’s, where her orphaned niece Zoe is studying.
Mariana Andros — half Greek, half English — studied in St Christopher’s College as a young woman and met the love of her life, her late husband Sebastian, as an undergraduate. Now a successful group therapist struggling with grief at the loss of Sebastian in a holiday accident, she returns to St Christopher’s, where her orphaned niece Zoe is studying.
A Contemporary Greek Tragedy: PW Talks with Alex Michaelides [Publishers Weekly]
Growing up in the Mediterranean, I was heavily influenced by Greek myths and tragedy; Greek mythology shaped my creative imagination—it’s very much where I “live” as a writer. In this case, I began with Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides, thinking about the themes of sacrifice and grief. Grief led me naturally to Tennyson—I started reading In Memoriam for inspiration and then gradually it worked its way into the book.
Growing up in the Mediterranean, I was heavily influenced by Greek myths and tragedy; Greek mythology shaped my creative imagination—it’s very much where I “live” as a writer. In this case, I began with Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides, thinking about the themes of sacrifice and grief. Grief led me naturally to Tennyson—I started reading In Memoriam for inspiration and then gradually it worked its way into the book.
Starred Review: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides [Publishers Weekly]
London psychotherapist Mariana Andros, the protagonist of this stunning psychological thriller from Michaelides (The Silent Patient), suspends her patients' group therapy to rush to Cambridge University to comfort her niece, Zoe, whose best friend, Tara Hampton, has been murdered.
London psychotherapist Mariana Andros, the protagonist of this stunning psychological thriller from Michaelides (The Silent Patient), suspends her patients' group therapy to rush to Cambridge University to comfort her niece, Zoe, whose best friend, Tara Hampton, has been murdered.
Stone Village Television Acquires Rights To Alex Michaelides’ The Maidens’ For TV Series Development [Deadline]
The story, set on the Greek island of Naxos and also in the town of Cambridge, England, is described as a well paced murder mystery with sudden twists and turns. It is centered around Mariana Andros who is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on a secret society called “The Maidens,” when one of the members, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered at Cambridge. Mariana becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, a Classics professor named Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. Her determination to prove him guilty will send her life spiraling out of control, to destroy her career, her relationships- even if it costs her life.
The story, set on the Greek island of Naxos and also in the town of Cambridge, England, is described as a well paced murder mystery with sudden twists and turns. It is centered around Mariana Andros who is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on a secret society called “The Maidens,” when one of the members, a friend of Mariana’s niece Zoe, is found murdered at Cambridge. Mariana becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, a Classics professor named Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. Her determination to prove him guilty will send her life spiraling out of control, to destroy her career, her relationships- even if it costs her life.