Marius Gabriel

Marius Gabriel Cipolla
Born (1954-11-13) November 13, 1954 (age 70)
Mafikeng, South Africa
Pen nameMadeleine Ker,
Marius Gabriel
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish[1]
CitizenshipBritish
Period1983–present
GenreRomance, mystery, children's literature
Website
www.mariusgabriel.info

Marius Gabriel (born 13 November 1954 in Mafikeng, South Africa) is a historical novelist. He is the author of The Redcliffe Sisters series, The Designer, The Ocean Liner, The Parisians and a number of other bestsellers.

In 2018, he and Kerry Wilkinson became the first men using their own names to win a RoNA Award in the organisation's 58-year history.[2] Gabriel won for his historical novel, The Designer.

Biography

Marius Gabriel Cipolla studied Shakespeare in the University of Newcastle in northern England. To finance his postgraduate research, he began writing romance fiction. He sold his first novel to Mills & Boon, published in 1983 under the female pseudonym Madeleine Ker. He left his academic pursuits to become a full-time writer.[3]

He has homes in Cairo and Lincolnshire.[4]

Bibliography

As Marius Gabriel

Suspense novels

  • The Mask of Time (1994)
  • House of Many Rooms (1999)

Historical novels

  • The Original Sin (1993)
  • The Seventh Moon (2001)
  • The Chronicle Of Marcellus (2009)
  • Gabon (2011)
  • Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye (2015)
  • Take Me to Your Heart Again (2016)
  • The Designer (2017)
  • The Ocean Liner (2018)
  • The Parisians (2019)
  • The Girls in the Attic (2021)

As Madeleine Ker

Single novels

  • Aquamarine (1983)
  • Virtuous lady (1983)
  • Voyage of the Mistral (1983)
  • Pacific Aphrodite (1983)
  • The Street of the Fountain (1984)
  • Winged Lion (1984)
  • Pacific Aphrodite (1984)
  • Working Relationship (1984)
  • Fire of the Gods (1984)
  • Out of This Darkness (1984)
  • Hostage (1985)
  • Comrade Wolf (1985)
  • Ice Princess (1985)
  • Danger Zone (1985)
  • Impact (1986)
  • The Wilder Shores of Love (1987)
  • Judgement (1987)
  • Frazer's Law (1987)
  • Stormy Attraction (1988)
  • Take-over (1988)
  • Tuscan Encounter (1988)
  • Troublemaker (1988)
  • Special Arrangement (1989)
  • Tiger's Eye (1989)
  • Passion's Far Shore (1989)
  • Duel of Passion (1990)
  • Whirlpool (1992)
  • The Alpha Male (2003)
  • The Sicilian Duke's Demand (2005)

Postcards from Europe series (multi-author)

  • The Bruges Engagement (1992)

Mistress to a Millionaire series (multi-author)

  • The Millionaire Boss's Mistress (2004)

Omnibus in collaboration

Graphic novels

  • Never Kiss A Stranger (2006)

Omnibus in collaboration

Children's

  • Smartypig (2002)

References and sources

  1. ^ Gabriel, Marius (1993). Marius Gabriel at Random House. ISBN 0553296493.
  2. ^ Singh, Anita (13 March 2018). "New romantics: After 57 years, men break through at the Romantic Novel Awards". The Telegraph.
  3. ^ "The Original Sin by Marius Gabriel". Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  4. ^ Marius Gabriel's Amazon profile