Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon ( born January 11, 1952 in Williams, Arizona ) is an American author of Mexican and English descent. She became known for the series of " Outlander " novels.

Life and work

Diana Gabaldon grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona. After attending high school, she studied deep-sea biology, ecology and zoology. She worked at Northern Arizona University as honorary professor and computer specialist and wrote storylines for Walt Disney comics. From 1980, she wrote in various fields: Manuals for computers, software reviews and articles. In 1991 she published with " Outlander " ( German title: " Outlander" ) her first book, which was a worldwide success the same.

Gabaldon has long wanted to write a novel years ago and Outlander had started training only to find out whether they can ever write novels.

When she stopped fragments of this novel in a literary forum Compuserve, she got such positive feedback that she was picking up an agent and published her first book with great success.

Today Diana Gabaldon lives with her husband and their three children in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Publications

The Highland Saga

The young Englishwoman Claire enters into Scotland in a stone circle, and was moved to the Scotland of the 18th century. There she meets the Highlander Jamie Fraser and falls.

The books describe the life of the couple during the Jakobitenaufstandes of 1745 and later in the American War of Independence. The books can be broadly classified under historical romance novels.

  • Outlander 1995 ( Origin.: Outlander 1991, UK: cross stitch)
  • The borrowed time 1996 ( Origin.: Dragonfly in Amber 1992)
  • Voyager 1997 ( Origin.: Voyager 1994)
  • The Call of the Drum 1998 ( Origin.: Drums of autumn 1997)
  • The Fiery Cross 2002 ( Origin.: The fiery cross 2001)
  • A Breath of Snow and Ashes 2005 ( Origin.: A breath of snow and ashes 2005)
  • Echo of Hope ( Origin.: An echo in the bone 2009)
  • The Magic Stone Circle 2002 ( Origin.: The Outlandish Companion (1999), UK: Through the Stones) - A companion book to the Highland series.
  • Fire and Stone - a love in the Highlands, Graphic Novel 2011 ( Origin: The Exile, 2010), joins a time in the context of fire and stone

Lord-John-Romane/Kurzgeschichten

In these books, a minor character in the Outlander series is the focus: Lord John Grey. The stories are more likely to be described as historical thrillers.

Novels:

  • The Sea of ​​Lies, 2003 ( Lord John and the Private Matter, 2003)
  • The sin of the brothers, in 2007 (Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, 2007)
  • The torches of freedom, 2012 ( Lord John at the Scottish Prisoner, 2011)

Short Stories:

  • Lord John and the flames of hell (Lord John and the Hellfire Club )
  • Lord John and the Magic Pact ( Lord John and the Succubus, 2003)
  • Lord John and the ghost soldier (Lord John and the Haunted Soldier, 2007)

The three short stories can be found in the anthology The Devil's Hand (Lord John and the Hand of Devils, 2007); Lord John and the magical pact is also in the anthology Legends - Lord John appeared, the magical pact by Robert Silverberg.

  • Time of Storms ( The Trail of Fire), 2013
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