M.M. (Marjorie) DeLuca spent her childhood in Durham City, England. After studying at the University of London, Goldsmiths College, she moved to Winnipeg, Canada, where she worked as a teacher of English Literature, then a freelance writer. She studied Advanced Creative Writing with Pulitzer Prizewinner Dr. Carol Shields.
She’s the author of five gripping suspense novels: Amazon bestseller, THE PERFECT FAMILY MAN (Canelo: an imprint of Penguin Random House); BookScan Top 100 and Apple Books Top 100 bestseller, THE SECRET SISTER (Canelo: an imprint of Penguin Random House); and critically acclaimed historical suspense, THE SAVAGE INSTINCT (Inkshares), which received starred reviews from Publishers’ Weekly and Booklist, and was featured as one of bestselling author, Kate Quinn’s books of the month in 2021. THE NIGHT SIDE, a dark psychological suspense with paranormal elements was published by Severn House in December 2023, and her latest publication, THE DIVORCE PARTY, came out in July 2025 (Bloodhound Books).
She’s been a panelist at Thrillerfest and Bouchercon, has presented workshops at When Words Collide, Calgary (2025) and been featured on top podcasts, The Thriller Zone, The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Bookwild, Sisters in Crime National, Sisters in Crime Canada West and Crime Writers of Canada.
M.M. (Marjorie) DeLuca spent her childhood in Durham City, England. After studying at the University of London, Goldsmiths College, she moved to Winnipeg, Canada, where she worked as a teacher of English Literature, then a freelance writer. She studied Advanced Creative Writing with Pulitzer Prizewinner Dr. Carol Shields.
She’s the author of five gripping suspense novels: Amazon bestseller, THE PERFECT FAMILY MAN (Canelo: an imprint of Penguin...
Toxic friendships. Buried secrets. A weekend they'll never escape. The author of The Night Side delivers a reunion with a deadly twist.
Savannah, Daisy, and Zoe haven't spoken in almost twenty years—since the night that changed everything. Yet when an unexpected invitation arrives from Evie, the ruthless queen bee of their college clique, they...
(Published by Canelo, an imprint of Penguin Random House)
Five years ago, my little boy went missing. Now my husband’s vanished, too.
I wish I could say that the tragedy of little Jack disappearing brought me and Nate closer together. But my husband is more distant from me now than he’s ever been. Perhaps that’s why I don’t ask him exactly where...
Published by Canelo, an imprint of Penguin Random House
How far would you go for family?
Anna’s done bad things before. Neglected and unloved as a child, she had to do whatever it took to keep herself and her little sister, Birdie, safe. But the worst thing she’s ever done is let her sister walk out of a diner when they were teenagers. She would...
Join me as I answer questions from podcaster, Mark P.J. Nadon, about my writing process and the challenges of writing multi-POV novels with two timelines!!
