Gabrielle Malcolm is the author of Fan Phenomena: Jane Austen and There's Something About Darcy. She has been interviewed about Jane Austen fan culture on Channel 5, the BBC, Times Radio, and many other media outlets. 

Gabrielle earned her PhD in English Literature in 2006 from the University of Kent and is established as an expert in Jane Austen, 19th century literature, and literary tourism. Her writing ranges from scripts and poetry for theatre and television as well as opinion articles and reviews in The Independent, Jane Austen's Regency World magazine, Bath Life, and Wiltshire Life. 

As the Creative Director for Strictly Jane Austen tours, Gabrielle curates and hosts Austen-themed events and speakers at the Gainsborough Spa hotel in Bath. She is collaborating with actor/writer Susannah Harker (Jane Bennet in the 1995 BBC dramatisation of Pride and Prejudice) on a feature film script scheduled for filming in summer 2026.

As a writer of fiction, Gabrielle has made her mark with The Ghostwriters, a sci-fi novel under her pen-name of MJ Maloney, nominated for the Ursula K Le Guin Fiction Prize in 2024.

Gabrielle Malcolm is represented by Sara Keane.