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.
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.
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.