Marius Gabriel

Marius Gabriel (born 13 November 1954 in Mafeking, South Africa) is an international romance and mystery writer, and artist. Under the pseudonym Madeleine Ker, he is a popular writer of over 30 romance novels since 1983. As Marius Gabriel he has written four mystery best-sellers and two historical novels. He has also written and illustrated children's books, including Smartypig, the tale of a genetically modified piglet.

He lives in Cairo, Egypt.^[2]

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.^[2]

Bibliography

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)

As Marius Gabriel

Suspense novels

• The Original Sin (1993)
• The Mask of Time (1994)
• House of Many Rooms (1999)
• The Seventh Moon (2001)

Historical novels

• The Chronicle Of Marcellus (2009)
• Gabon (2011)

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

• Marius Gabriel on Fantastic Fiction
• Madeleine Ker on Fantastic Fiction
• The story of Smartypig