Diana J Gabaldon is an American author, known for the Outlander series of novels.
12 Facts About Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon's father was of Mexican ancestry, and her mother was of English descent.
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Diana Gabaldon was the founding editor of Science Software Quarterly in 1984 while employed at the Center for Environmental Studies at Arizona State University.
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Diana Gabaldon was a professor with an expertise in scientific computation at ASU for 12 years before leaving to write full-time.
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In 1988, Diana Gabaldon decided to write a novel for "practice, just to learn how", and with no intention to show it to anyone.
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Diana Gabaldon happened to see a rerun episode of the Doctor Who science fiction TV series titled "The War Games".
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When her second book was finished, Diana Gabaldon resigned her faculty position at Arizona State University to become a full-time author.
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Diana Gabaldon announced in September 2021 that she is working on the tenth Outlander series book, which is possibly the last.
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Diana Gabaldon made a cameo appearance as Iona MacTavish in the August 2014 episode "The Gathering".
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Diana Gabaldon is a paid consultant for the show, and wrote the screenplay for the 2016 season 2 episode "Vengeance Is Mine".
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In 2010 Diana Gabaldon adapted the first third of Outlander into The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel, illustrated by Hoang Nguyen.
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Diana Gabaldon's Outlander won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Romance of 1991.