Marie Chapian (also known as Marie Giordano and Marie Jordan) is an American writer and radio ministry host. She is known for her writings on

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, and co-authoring biographies.

Career

Chapian is known for her Christian writings, health and fitness writings, and co-authoring autobiographies. She has also written one novel, ''I love you like a tomato'' which she published as Marie Giordano. She has written a series of books about Christian diet programs, including ''Free to Be Thin'' that she co-authored with Neva Coyle in 1979. A second edition, ''All new free to be thin'' was published in 1994, along with ''There's more to being thin than being thin''. She created the ''Blessercize'' aerobics video, Fun To Be Fit, which is set to Christian music. Chapian has written Christian devotional books, including ''Mothers & daughters'' and ''His thoughts towards me'' that was published in English and Russian. In 1988 she won a Gold Medallion book award from the

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for her book ''Am I the only one here with faded genes?.'' She has won the Cornerstone Book of the Year Award and a Silver Angel Award.Marie Chapian
, thomasnelson.com Chapian has co-authored biographies. Cathleen Mae Webb agreed to write a book with Chapian about why she withdrew her charges of rape and kidnapping against

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. The resulting book, ''Forgive Me'', was published in 1985. She also co-authored books with

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and Robert Sadler. Reviewed *

Selected publications

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References

External links

Official website
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