#23 ALEX MICHAELIDES

We have ALEX MICHAELIDES on the show today. He is the brilliant British Cypriot NYT bestselling author of THE SILENT PATIENT and THE MAIDENS (out now!). We go deep and talk about how his dark and emotionally eerie and layered characters are self-composites, how his relationships mimic patterns he had with his father -- and how his secret to success is to not aim to please anyone. But instead, to say F it, focus on yourself and meditate. He may or may not have told us that his interview with KIMCHI + CHALLAH is his favorite to date!