Writing is a murderous business

Former English School student has his first thriller accepted by top publisher. 
 
 

This is very exciting news. 
Alex Michaelides, graduated from The English School in 1996.  He was a past debater and public speaker and was World Champion (Top Overall Speaker) in the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships, hosted by The English School in 1995.
He studied English Literature at Cambridge and subsequently took a screenwriting course in Los Angeles.

Lazy Ayia Napa summers spent on the beach reading and chilling while trying to pick apart Agatha Christie murder mysteries was how and where the story of the boy who wanted to become a writer began. Thirty years on, and Alex Michaelides tells the Sunday Mail not only that he has written his first thriller but also sold it immediately to a publisher for a six-figure sum.

“The Silent Patient”, penned by Nicosia-born Michaelides, will be published next year by the UK Orion Publishing Group. Hailed by top literary agents Rogers, Coleridge & White (RC&W) as “one of the biggest debut deals we’ve seen in the last five years”, the book has already attracted huge international interest. Not only is it being translated into at least 15 languages, the film rights have just been sold to an Oscar-winning producer in Los Angeles.

Read the article as posted in the Cyprus Mail by Agnieszka Rakoczy by clicking here