Have you noticed that some authors are able to write multiple books in a year, while others will take years to produce one book? Freida McFadden is one of the former, despite having another job and a family to raise, and now she’s revealed her secrets.
The Housemaid author has already released one book in 2026, Dear Debbie, and she has a second one on the way later in the year, The Divorce. It seems surprising since we’re having to wait years (and sometimes decades) for authors like Diana Gabaldon and George R.R. Martin to release new novels.
In an interview with E! News, McFadden explained that she just doesn’t stop writing. Once she gets an idea for a new novel, she writes the first draft in full. It will take over her whole life, as she can’t stop and move onto something else until the work is done.
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While she says that she “ignores everything from life” until she gets that first draft completed, she is still a doctor and a mom. In fact, it’s because of her work as a doctor that she doesn’t do book tours. She’s previously shared that she’s scared of tours and will often wear wigs so that people don’t recognize her.
This has led to a fun joke in social media groups about how McFadden and British author John Marrs are the same person. They are both active in Facebook groups, and they have fun with the quirky theory all the time.
She Loves Keeping Herself Busy
McFadden went on to share that she’s good at multitasking, and that’s come from her work as a doctor and being a mom. She will get edits on one novel, work on them, and then move onto the next novel without an issue.
When she first left her hospital job, she worried about what she would do, and she ended up signing up for classes to avoid being bored. However, there was a point when she took on too much when she was a doctor fulltime and became a successful author. Now she has learned how to balance the multitasking to make sure there are consistent books, but also to enjoy her life with her children.
There are some issues with her writing one novel fast and moving onto the next. Due to the order that the books come back and end up being released, it can lead to plot points being similar. She may have started them years apart, but they’ve ended up releasing back-to-back, and it is something some readers have noticed. However, with so many books now, it’s easy to overlook the flaw and just enjoy the work.
She also has her husband and mom to help. They both read her first drafts and help to bounce around ideas, and she has claimed her husband is her secret sauce. He is the magic that makes writing fun and worthwhile, and that's the way she likes it.
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