| Intro | American writer |
| Is |
Writer Novelist |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 13 November 1954, Mahikeng, Mahikeng Local Municipality, Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, South Africa |
| Age: | 65 years |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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.
He has homes in Cairo and Lincolnshire. 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. 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.
References and sources
- Marius Gabriel on Fantastic Fiction
- Madeleine Ker on Fantastic Fiction
- The story of Smartypig