Martha Cecilia

Martha Cecilia (born Maribeth dela Cruz née Hamoy) 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.

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.

Martha Cecilia succumbed to cancer on December 8, 2014.