Martha Cecilia


Martha Cecilia was a Filipino writer of Tagalog romance pocketbook novels. She was the author of best selling novel series Kristine and Sweetheart. Many of her novels were serialized by ABS-CBN under Precious Hearts Romances Presents.

Personal life

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, Marta Cecilia, Nina Martinne and Juan Miguel.
Martha Cecilia succumbed to cancer on December 8, 2014.

Career

Martha Cecilia's writing career was inspired after her meeting with Tagalog novelist Olga Medina. Her first work 'Akin Ka Noon, Ngayon at Magpakailanman' was published in 1997 by Precious Pages Corp. under its subsidiary Precious Hearts Romances.
She had written more than a hundred novels under different titles for Precious Hearts Romance like 'GEMS', 'My Love, My Hero', 'My Lovely Bride', 'PHR Classics', 'All Time Favorites', 'Sweetheart' and her much acclaimed series 'Kristine'.

Television

Martha Cecilia had written novels which were later adapted to TV series which includes the gold medal awardee Impostor for Best Telenovela Category in International Emmy Awards.
Air DateBookPrecious Hearts Romances PresentsCast
December 7, 2009 - January 29, 2010Sweetheart 8: My Cheating HeartMy Cheating HeartCristine Reyes, Jake Cuenca, Bangs Garcia, Tom Rodriguez
May 17, 2010 – September 17, 2010Impostor Impostor Sam Milby, Maja Salvador, Melai Cantiveros
July 12, 2010 - August 13, 2010Midnight Phantom Midnight Phantom Rafael Rosell, Denise Laurel, Ina Raymundo
August 16, 2010 – February 11, 2011Kristine SeriesKristineCristine Reyes, Zanjoe Marudo, Rafael Rosell, Denise Laurel
January 23, 2012 - May 4, 2012PangakoLumayo Ka Man Sa AkinMaja Salvador, Jason Abalos, Patrick Garcia
February 15, 2010 - February 26, 2010The Substitute BrideThe Substitute BrideRafael Rosell, Paw Diaz, Carla Humphries
March 1, 2010 - March 12, 2010You're Mine, Only MineYou're Mine, Only MineDenise Laurel, Will Devaughn, Rey "PJ" Abellana
April 30, 2018 - October 12, 2018El ParaisoAraw GabiJM de Guzman, Barbie Imperial, RK Bagatsing

Kristine Series