Marie Ferrarella, née Rydzynski (born March 28, 1948, in West Germany) is an American writer of over 272 romance novels as Marie Ferrarella, which have been translated into at least seven languages. She has also written under the names Marie Nicole, Marie Michael, and Marie Charles.

Biography

Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28, 1948, to Polish parents in West Germany, and moved to the United States when she was four. She has a master's degree in Shakespearean comedy from Queens College in New York City.

Her first romance was sold in 1982 and she has since written over three hundred other novels. She has won a Romance Writers of America RITA Award for best Traditional Romance, and has been named a Romantic Times Career Achievement Winner.

Ferrarella and her husband live in Southern California, with their two children. Her hobbies include old movies, musicals and mysteries.

As Marie Ferrarella

Single novels

Smoldering Embers (1982)

Claimed By Rapture (1983)

December 32nd - And Always (1983)

Scenes From The Heart (1983)

Buyer Beware (1984)

Irresistible Forces (1984)

Through Laughter and Tears (1984)

Tried and True (1984)

Country Blue (1985)

Grand Theft: Heart (1985)

Man Under Cover (1985)

Please Stand By (1985)

Thick as Thieves (1985)

A Woman of Integrity (1985)

Pocketful of Rainbows (1986)

Code Name: Love (1986)

Foxy Lady (1986)

Getting Physical (1986)

Last Year's Hunk (1986)

Mine By Write (1986)

No Way To Treat A Lover (1986)

Chocolate Dreams (1987)

No Laughing Matter (1987)

Risking It All (1987)

The Gift (1988)

Five-Alarm Affair (1988)

Heart To Heart (1989)

Mother for Hire (1989)

It Happened One Night (1990)

Borrowed Baby (1990)

Her Special Angel (1990)

Undoing Of Justin Starbuck (1990)

A Girl's Best Friend (1991)

Blessing in Disguise (1991)

Sapphire and Shadow (1991)

Someone to Talk to (1991)

Father Goose (1992)

Moonlight Rebel (1992)

World's Greatest Dad (1992)

Holding Out for a Hero (1993)

Aunt Connie's Wedding (1993)

The Right Man (1993)

Heroes Great and Small (1993)

In Her Own Backyard (1993)

Family Matters (1993)

Her Man Friday (1993)

Moonlight Lover (1993)

She Got Her Man (1993)

Christmas Every Day (1993)

Flash and Fire (1994)

Caution: Baby Ahead (1994)

Moonlight Surrender (1994)

Mother on the Wing (1994)