# Marius Gabriel
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{{short description|British novelist}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Marius Gabriel Cipolla
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| pseudonym = Madeleine Ker,
Marius Gabriel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Mafikeng](/source/Mafikeng), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
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| occupation = [Novelist](/source/Novelist)
| nationality = British[{{Cite book
| title = Marius Gabriel at Random House | isbn = 0553296493 | last1 = Gabriel | first1 = Marius | year = 1993 }}]
| citizenship = British
| period = 1983–present
| genre = [Romance](/source/romance_novel), [mystery](/source/Mystery_(fiction)), [children's literature](/source/children's_literature)
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| website = {{URL|http://www.mariusgabriel.info}}
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'''Marius Gabriel''' (born 13 November 1954 in [Mafikeng](/source/Mafikeng), [South Africa](/source/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](/source/Kerry_Wilkinson) became the first men using their own names to win a [RoNA Award](/source/RoNA_Award) in the organisation's 58-year history.[{{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}}] Gabriel won for his historical novel, ''The Designer''.
==Biography==
'''Marius Gabriel Cipolla''' studied [Shakespeare](/source/Shakespeare) in the [University of Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_University) in northern England. To finance his postgraduate research, he began writing romance fiction. He sold his first novel to [Mills & Boon](/source/Mills_%26_Boon), published in 1983 under the female pseudonym '''Madeleine Ker'''. He left his academic pursuits to become a full-time writer.[{{Cite web
| url = http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=9536 | title = The Original Sin by Marius Gabriel | accessdate = 2009-01-15}}]
He has homes in Cairo and Lincolnshire.[[https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1YQZWDO4PLANC/ref=cm_cr_rdp_pdp Marius Gabriel's Amazon profile]]
==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](/source/Jacqueline_Gilbert) and [Jessica Steele](/source/Jessica_Steele))
====Graphic novels====
*''Never Kiss A Stranger'' (2006)
====Omnibus in collaboration====
*''Anvil of Stars / The Original Sin / The Shee'' (1993) (with [Joe Donnelly](/source/Joe_Donnelly) and [Greg Bear](/source/Greg_Bear))
====Children's====
*''Smartypig'' (2002)
==References and sources==
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*[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](/source/Amazon.com)
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