{"id":80208,"date":"2026-04-19T19:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/author-freida-mcfadden-denies-using-ai-to-write-books\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:37:17","slug":"author-freida-mcfadden-denies-using-ai-to-write-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/author-freida-mcfadden-denies-using-ai-to-write-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Freida McFadden Denies Using AI to Write Books"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Freida McFadden<\/strong>, author of The Housemaid<\/em> series, is shutting down rumors that she uses AI to write her books.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently, I saw an article about myself, and when I looked at the comments (big mistake, I know), I was stunned to see tons of comments from people saying not only that I use AI to write books, but also that I admitted it!\u201d McFadden, 45, wrote in a post shared via Facebook on Saturday, April 18. \u201cThis is blatantly untrue. Actually, I have said multiple times that I do NOT use AI both here and in official interviews, but maybe I\u2019ve been too subtle?\u201d<\/p>\n

McFadden then reiterated, \u201cI DO NOT USE AI TO WRITE MY BOOKS. I WILL NEVER USE AI TO WRITE MY BOOKS. I\u2019m not sure how I could make it more clear? Do I need a larger font and neon colors? Maybe flashing words? Or is that too 1999? (I actually don\u2019t know how to do any of that in FB so this will have to do.)\u201d<\/p>\n

The thriller author explained that she has been writing since age 9 \u2014 \u201cway before AI, before even laptops, back in the time of the abacus\u201d \u2014 and always dreamed of publishing a book.<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>‘The Housemaid’ Author Reveals Her True Identity for the 1st Time<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tThe Housemaid author Freida McFadden is finally revealing her true identity after keeping it under wraps for 23 years. \u201cI\u2019m at a point in my career when I\u2019m tired of this being a secret. I\u2019m tired of people debating if I\u2019m a real person or if I\u2019m three men,\u201d McFadden told USA Today in an [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI started self-publishing in 2013 because I just wanted to hold one of the books I\u2019d written in my hands. I didn\u2019t want to be a professional author,\u201d McFadden continued. \u201cI was already a physician and had no desire to leave. This has always been a labor of love for me, and the idea of farming it out in any way makes no sense to me. This is what I love doing! Would you get AI to do your hobbies for you? Maybe you could get AI to go on a cruise with your family? Maybe AI could eat that chocolate cake for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

McFadden added that she has seen many authors \u201cplagued by AI accusations\u201d in recent months.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth traditional and indie authors have faced it, but it\u2019s far worse for indie authors,\u201d she explained. \u201cTraditional authors have all the power of publishing houses between them, but one major thing that indie authors have going for them is that they can write and publish quickly. They have been doing this well before AI existed. \u2026 I\u2019ve heard authors say they need to livestream themselves writing their books just to prove they did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI find this state of things really sad,\u201d McFadden shared. \u201cBeing an author is hard in so many ways. You have to put yourself out there and leave yourself vulnerable to criticism about your deepest thoughts. And now, on top of that, people claim that the work isn\u2019t really yours because it\u2019s \u2018impossible\u2019 to write more than one book per year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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