Biography

Born Maribeth dela Cruz. She is widely known by her pen name, Martha Cecilia. A name she adopted after her daughter's name Martha Cecilia. She began writing soon after she met novelist Olga Medina. Her first published manuscript is entitled "Akin Ka Noon, Ngayon, at Kailanman". Several years and several pocketbook titles later, she along with other four writers met up with the publishers, where they were asked to write a series under the title "Kristine". Martha recalled that she did not want an American sounding names but Spanish or Tagalog and she did not know that a pocketbook series is possible. Martha soon accepted the job and hit her typewriter and started Beso del Diablo (Devil's Kiss) as the first novel under the Kristine Series. The rest was history.
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Maribeth dela Cruz or popularly known as Martha Cecilia was born on May 13, 1953 in the city of Dapitan in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. She was a commerce graduate from the University of the East, Manila and said to have finished in Conchitina Bernardo's Karilagan Finishing School in Sta. Mesa. Martha Cecilia had 4 children, Jose Paolo (also a writer under the penname JP Adrian), Marta Cecilia (her daughter where she got her pen name and also a writer under the penname Tsina Cajayon), Nina Martinne and Juan Miguel.
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