Marius Gabriel

{{Infobox writer  | name = Marius Gabriel Cipolla | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = Madeleine Ker,<br />Marius Gabriel | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Mafikeng, South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist | nationality = British<ref name="amazon.com">{{Cite book | title = Marius Gabriel at Random House | isbn = 0553296493 | last1 = Gabriel | first1 = Marius | year = 1993 }}</ref> | citizenship = British | period = 1983–present | genre = Romance, mystery, children's literature | subject = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = {{URL|http://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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/13/new-romantics-57-years-men-break-romantic-novel-awards/|title=New romantics: After 57 years, men break through at the Romantic Novel Awards|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=13 March 2018|last1=Singh|first1=Anita}}</ref> 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.<ref name="RandomHouse">{{Cite web | url = http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=9536 | title = The Original Sin by Marius Gabriel | accessdate = 2009-01-15}}</ref>

He has homes in Cairo and Lincolnshire.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1YQZWDO4PLANC/ref=cm_cr_rdp_pdp Marius Gabriel's Amazon profile]</ref>

==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==== *''Trodden Paths / Voyage of the Mistral / Innocent Abroad'' (1989) (with Jacqueline Gilbert and Jessica Steele)

====Graphic novels==== *''Never Kiss A Stranger'' (2006)

====Omnibus in collaboration==== *''Anvil of Stars / The Original Sin / The Shee'' (1993) (with Joe Donnelly and Greg Bear)

====Children's==== *''Smartypig'' (2002)

==References and sources== {{reflist}} *[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/marius-gabriel Marius Gabriel on Fantastic Fiction] *[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/madeleine-ker Madeleine Ker on Fantastic Fiction] *[http://www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/mg2/index.htm The story of Smartypig]

==External links== *[https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1YQZWDO4PLANC/ref=cm_cr_rdp_pdp Marius Gabriel's reviews] at Amazon.com

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