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{{Short description|American author (born 1952)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name             = Diana Gabaldon
| image            = Diana Gabaldon by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| imagesize        = 
| caption          = Gabaldon in 2017
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1952|1|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Williams, Arizona]], US
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| occupation       = Novelist, professor
| education        = {{Plainlist|
*[[Northern Arizona University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
*[[University of California, San Diego]] ([[Master of Science|MS]])}}
| period           = 1991–present
| genre            = [[Speculative fiction]], [[historical fiction]], [[historical romance]], [[historical mystery]], [[historical fantasy]], [[scientific literature]]
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| children         = 3 (including [[Sam Sykes]])
| spouse           = Doug Watkins
| notableworks     = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Science Software Quarterly]]''
* [[Outlander (book series)|''Outlander'' series]]
* [[Lord John series|''Lord John'' series]]
}}
| website          = {{URL|www.dianagabaldon.com}}
| parents          = [[Tony Gabaldon]] (father)
}}

'''Diana J. Gabaldon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|æ|b|əl|d|oʊ|n}};<ref>{{cite web|title=How is Gabaldon pronounced?|website=DianaGabaldon.com|date=1990|access-date=December 10, 2018|url=https://www.dianagabaldon.com/about-diana/|quote=My name is pronounced GAB-uhl-dohn (long o).}}</ref> born January 11, 1952) is an American author, known for the [[Outlander (book series)|''Outlander'' series]] of novels. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of [[historical fiction]], [[romance novel|romance]], [[mystery fiction|mystery]], [[adventure fiction|adventure]] and [[science fiction]]/[[fantasy]].<ref name="EW Devils">{{cite magazine|last=Reese|first=Jennifer|title=Book Review: ''Lord John and the Hand of Devils'' (2007)|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/11/27/lord-john-and-hand-devils/|date=November 27, 2007|access-date=October 30, 2013|archive-date=October 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011020739/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20162421,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Outlander (TV series)|television adaptation of the ''Outlander'' novels]] premiered on [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]] in 2014.<ref name="HR 2014-05-08">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/outlander-premiere-date-poster-revealed-702417 |title=Starz's ''Outlander'' Gets First Poster, Premiere Date |first=Philiana |last=Ng |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 8, 2014 |access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name="EW 2nd Season">{{cite magazine |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/15/outlander-renewed-second-season/ |title=''Outlander'' renewed for second season |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=James |last=Hibberd |date=August 15, 2014 |access-date=August 15, 2014}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Gabaldon was born on January 11, 1952,<ref>{{cite web|title=Flagstaff's Famous Faces|website=Arizona Daily Sun|date=December 14, 2023|accessdate=January 10, 2024|url=https://azdailysun.com/news/flagstaffs-famous-faces/collection_f4dab536-7d5f-5d85-acf9-154c1e4f9112.html#1}}</ref> in [[Williams, Arizona]], United States, the daughter of Jacqueline Sykes and [[Tony Gabaldon]] (1930–1998), an Arizona state senator from Flagstaff for sixteen years and later a supervisor of Coconino County.<ref name=NAU>{{cite web|title=From science to fiction|url=http://nau.edu/News/Articles/2012/05/From-science-to-fiction/|publisher=[[Northern Arizona University]]|date=May 2012|access-date=July 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111165845/http://nau.edu/News/Articles/2012/05/From-science-to-fiction/|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-11-30/restaurants/science-fiction/ |title=Science, Fiction: Historical romance novelist finds mystery in biology and literature, too |date=November 30, 2000 |publisher=PhoenixNewTimes.com |first=M.V. |last=Moorhead |access-date=November 21, 2013 |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015080939/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-11-30/restaurants/science-fiction/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/43leg/2r/bills/sr1002p.htm |title=Death Resolution: Senator Tony Gabaldon |date=January 1998 |publisher=AZleg.state.az.us |access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref> Her father was of Mexican ancestry, and her mother was of English descent.<ref name="ADN 2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_13204389 |date=August 26, 2009 |last=Eckman-Onyskow |first=Bev |work=[[Alamogordo Daily News]] |title=Santa Fe author ready to release new book |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112073342/http://www.alamogordonews.com/news/ci_13204389 |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Diana">{{cite web|url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/resources/faq/faq-about-diana/ |title=Official site: FAQ - About Diana |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com ([[Internet Archive]]) |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013221104/http://www.dianagabaldon.com/resources/faq/faq-about-diana/ }}</ref>

Gabaldon grew up in [[Flagstaff, Arizona]].<ref name="ADN 2009"/> She earned a bachelor of science in [[zoology]] from [[Northern Arizona University]], 1970–1973; a master of science in [[marine biology]] from the [[University of California, San Diego]], [[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]], 1973–1975; and a PhD in [[behavioral ecology]] from Northern Arizona University, 1975–1978.<ref name="ADN 2009"/><ref name="Montreal Gazette">{{cite web |last=Donnell |first=P. |title=From Academia to Steamy Fiction |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)]] |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/books/story.html?id=0babdff5-8182-4519-89c0-163fa579a9c7 |date=October 6, 2007 |access-date=October 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121052654/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/books/story.html?id=0babdff5-8182-4519-89c0-163fa579a9c7 |archive-date=January 21, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==Career==
Gabaldon was the founding editor of ''[[Science Software Quarterly]]'' in 1984 while employed at the Center for Environmental Studies at [[Arizona State University]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4zfxAAAAMAAJ&q=Diana+Gabaldon |first=Diana J. |last=Gabaldon, PhD |journal=[[Science Software Quarterly]] |title=Editor's Note | volume=I |issue=5 |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |pages=82, 107 |date=1984 }}</ref> During the 1980s Gabaldon wrote software reviews and technical articles for computer publications such as a review of [[Full Impact]],<ref name="gabaldon198902">{{Cite magazine |last=Gabaldon |first=Diana |author-link=Diana Gabaldon |date=February 1989 |title=Full Impact |url=https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1989-02_OCR/page/n266/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=2024-10-08 |magazine=BYTE |pages=211–214}}</ref> as well as popular-science articles and [[Disney comics]].<ref name="Montreal Gazette"/> She was a professor with an expertise in scientific computation at ASU for 12 years before leaving to write full-time.<ref name="Montreal Gazette"/><ref name="bio 2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/about-diana/bio/ |title=Official site: Bio |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |access-date=January 9, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214151/http://www.dianagabaldon.com/about-diana/bio/ |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Novels===
[[File:Diana Gabaldon by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|right|thumb|Gabaldon signing books at the 2017 [[Phoenix Comicon]]]]
In 1988, Gabaldon decided to write a novel for "practice, just to learn how", and with no intention to show it to anyone.<ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Books">{{cite web|url = http://www.dianagabaldon.com/resources/faq/|title = Official site: FAQ - About the Books|publisher = DianaGabaldon.com|access-date = August 20, 2014}}</ref> As a research professor, she decided that a historical novel would be easiest to research and write,<ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Books"/> but she had no background in history and initially no particular time period in mind.<ref name="ADN 2009"/> Gabaldon happened to see a rerun episode of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' science fiction TV series titled "[[The War Games]]".<ref name="drwho">{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/2010/05/the-dr-who-connection/ |title=The "Dr. Who" Connection |last1=Gabaldon |first1=Diana |date=May 11, 2010 |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref>  One of the Doctor's companions was a Scot from around 1745, a young man about 17 years old named [[Jamie McCrimmon]], who provided the initial inspiration for her main male character, James Fraser, and for her novel's mid-18th century Scotland setting.<ref name="ADN 2009"/><ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Books"/><ref name="drwho" /> Gabaldon decided to have "an Englishwoman to play off all these kilted Scotsmen", but her female character "took over the story and began telling it herself, making smart-ass modern remarks about everything."<ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Books"/>

To explain the character's modern behavior and attitudes, Gabaldon chose to use [[time travel]].<ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Books"/> Writing the novel at a time "when the World Wide Web didn't exist", she did her research "the old-fashioned way, by herself, through books."<ref name="ADN 2009"/>
Later, Gabaldon posted a short excerpt of her novel on the [[CompuServe]] Literary Forum, where author [[John E. Stith]] introduced her to [[literary agent]] Perry Knowlton.<ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Books"/><ref name="Wirten">{{Cite journal|last=Hemmungs Wirten|first=Eva|title=Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts. The Case of Harlequin Enterprises and Sweden|publisher=Uppsala University|journal=Section for Sociology of Literature at the Department of Literature, Number 38|format=PDF|url=https://archive.org/details/globalinfatuatio0000hemm/page/56|access-date=November 11, 2013|year=1998|isbn=91-85178-28-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/globalinfatuatio0000hemm/page/56 56]}}</ref> Knowlton represented her based on an unfinished first novel, tentatively titled ''Cross Stitch.'' Her first book deal was for a trilogy, the first novel plus two then-unwritten sequels. Her US publishers changed the first book's title to ''[[Outlander (novel)|Outlander]]'', but the title remained unchanged in the UK. According to Gabaldon, her British publishers liked the title ''Cross Stitch'', a play on "a stitch in time"; however, the American publisher said it "sounded too much like embroidery" and wanted a more "adventurous" title.<ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Books" /> When her second book was finished, Gabaldon resigned her faculty position at Arizona State University to become a full-time author.<ref name="Montreal Gazette"/>

{{As of|2021}}, the [[Outlander (book series)|''Outlander'' series]] comprises nine published novels. The ninth installment, ''[[Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone]]'', was published on November 23, 2021.<ref name="WaPoBees">{{cite news |last1=Hand |first1=Elizabeth |title=Review {{!}} Diana Gabaldon's 'Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone': Worth the wait? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/diana-gabaldon-go-tell-the-bees/2021/11/29/e15dfcd8-4c8d-11ec-b0b0-766bbbe79347_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 30, 2021}}</ref> Gabaldon also published ''The Exile (An Outlander Graphic Novel)'' in 2010. The [[Lord John series|''Lord John'' series]] are additional books in the ''Outlander'' series rather than a spin-off series,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dianagabaldon.com/wordpress/books/outlander-series/#:~:text=The%20Lord%20John%20Grey%20novels%20are%20in%20fact%20part%20of%20the%20series%2C%20rather%20than%20being%20a%20spin%2Doff%E2%80%94but%20these%20novels%20are%20constructed%20differently%20and%20are%20focused%20on%20Lord%20John%20as%20a%20central%20character |title=The Outlander Series |website=Diana Gabaldon |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> centering on a secondary character from the original series. Gabaldon announced in September 2021 that she is working on the tenth Outlander series book, which is possibly the last.<ref name="townandcountrymag.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/a37807616/outlander-book-10-diana-gabaldon-release-date-spoilers/|title = Outlander Author Diana Gabaldon Has Started Work on Book 10|date = September 30, 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Gabaldon lives in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], with her husband Doug Watkins, with whom she has three adult children.<ref name="Gabaldon FAQ Diana"/><ref name="bio 2013" /> Her son, [[Sam Sykes]], is also a fantasy writer.

Gabaldon is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/gabaldon.html |title=Interview: Diana Gabaldon |first=Linda |last=Richards |journal=January Magazine |date=June 1999 |access-date=November 27, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |quote=...I try to avoid describing myself by any sort of label, so to speak. I'm a Roman Catholic and a [[Libertarian]], but that's as far as I'd go in description |url=http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-diana-gabaldon/ |title=Interview: Diana Gabaldon |journal=[[Lightspeed (magazine)|Lightspeed]] |date=September 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014 }}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===''Outlander'' series===
The [[Outlander (book series)|''Outlander'' series]] focuses on 20th-century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing James Fraser.<ref name="EW Devils"/> Set in Scotland, France, the [[West Indies]], England and North America, the novels merge multiple genres, featuring elements of [[historical fiction]], [[romance novel|romance]], [[mystery fiction|mystery]], [[adventure fiction|adventure]] and [[science fiction]]/[[fantasy]].<ref name="EW Devils"/>

====Main series====
* ''[[Outlander (novel)|Outlander]]'' (1991) (published in the UK and Australia as ''Cross Stitch'')
* ''[[Dragonfly in Amber]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Voyager (novel)|Voyager]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Drums of Autumn]]'' (1996)
* ''[[The Fiery Cross (novel)|The Fiery Cross]]'' (2001)
* ''[[A Breath of Snow and Ashes]]'' (2005)
* ''[[An Echo in the Bone]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Written in My Own Heart's Blood]]'' (2014)<ref name="Gabaldon WIMOHB">{{cite web|url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/written_in_my_own_hearts_blood/ |title=Official site: ''Written in My Own Heart's Blood'' |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |archive-date=February 9, 2014 |access-date=June 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209075921/http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/written_in_my_own_hearts_blood/ }}</ref>
* ''Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone'' (2021)<ref name="WaPoBees"/>

====Short works====
* "[[A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows]]" (2010), a short story in the [[anthology]] ''[[Songs of Love and Death (anthology)|Songs of Love and Death]]''.<ref name="Gabaldon Leaf">{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/short-fiction/songs-of-love-and-death/ |title=Official site: "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows" |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |date=April 18, 2013|access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name="SFS">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/01/toc_songs_of_love_and_death_edited_by_george_rr_martin_and_gardner_dozois/ |title=''Songs of Love and Death'' edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois |work=[[SF Signal]] |first=John |last=DeNardo |date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208165054/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/01/toc_songs_of_love_and_death_edited_by_george_rr_martin_and_gardner_dozois/ |archive-date=February 8, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Tor 2010-10">{{cite web |url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/10/fiction-affliction-diagnosing-november-releases-in-urban-fantasy-a-paranormal-romance |title=Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing November Releases in Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance |first=Suzanne |last=Johnson |publisher=[[Tor.com]] |date=October 27, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/pocket-releases-songs-of-love-death/ |title=Pocket Releases ''Songs of Love and Death''  |publisher=GeorgeRRMartin.com |date=November 24, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/143800.html |title=Not A Blog: Love. Death. Sex. Heartbreak. |last=Martin |first=George R. R. |author-link=George R. R. Martin |publisher=GRRM.livejournal.com |date=March 31, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214161048/http://grrm.livejournal.com/143800.html |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Later collected in ''[[A Trail of Fire]]'' (2012),<ref name="Gabaldon Trail">{{cite web|url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/short-fiction/a-trail-of-fire/|title=Official site: 'A Trail of Fir''  |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> and ''[[Seven Stones to Stand or Fall]]'' (2017).
* ''[[The Space Between (novella)|The Space Between]]'' (2013), a novella in the anthology ''[[The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination]]''.<ref name="Gabaldon Space">{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/writing/the-outlander/short-fiction/the-space-between/ |title=Official site: ''The Space Between'' (Novella) |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> Later collected in ''A Trail of Fire'' (2012),<ref name="Gabaldon Trail"/> and ''Seven Stones to Stand or Fall'' (2017).
* ''[[Virgins (Gabaldon novella)|Virgins]]'' (2013), a novella in the anthology ''[[Dangerous Women (anthology)|Dangerous Women]]'',<ref name="Gabaldon Virgins">{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/short-fiction/virgins/ |title=Official site: ''Virgins'' (''Dangerous Women'') |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |date=December 7, 2013 |access-date=September 18, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Tor July 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/dangerous-women-tor-excerpts |title=''Dangerous Women'' Arrives on Tor.com |date=July 24, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |publisher=Tor.com}}</ref><ref name="PW 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-3206-6 |title=Fiction Book Review: ''Dangerous Women'' by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=October 7, 2013|access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GRRM blog 130123">{{cite web |last=Martin |first=George R. R. |title=Not A Blog: A Dangerous Delivery |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/310198.html |publisher=GRRM.livejournal.com |access-date=January 23, 2013 |date=January 23, 2013 |quote=For those who like to lose themselves in long stories, the Brandon Sanderson story, the Diana Gabaldon story, the Caroline Spector story, and my ''Princess and Queen'' are novellas. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125162256/http://grrm.livejournal.com/310198.html |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> later collected in ''Seven Stones to Stand or Fall'' (2017).
* "Past Prologue" (2017), a short story written with [[Steve Berry (novelist)|Steve Berry]] and published in the anthology ''MatchUp''. The story acts as a crossover between the ''Outlander'' franchise and Berry's Cotton Malone series, featuring the characters Cotton Malone and Jamie Fraser.
* ''[[A Fugitive Green]]'' (2017), a novella published in the Gabaldon collection ''Seven Stones to Stand or Fall''.

====Related====
* ''The Outlandish Companion'' (1999), a guide to the ''Outlander'' series containing synopses, a character guide, and other notes and information; revised and updated as ''The Outlandish Companion (Volume One)'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/outlandish-companion-volume-one/  |title=Official site: ''The Outlandish Companion – Volume One'' |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel]]'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=15 June 2010|title=Diana Gabaldon; The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel|url=|journal=Library Journal|publisher=Library Journals|volume=135|issue=11|pages=53|via=Gale Academic Onefile}}</ref>
* ''The Outlandish Companion (Volume Two)'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/outlandish-companion-vol-two/ |title=Official site: ''The Outlandish Companion – Volume Two'' |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24974121-the-outlandish-companion-volume-two|title=''The Outlandish Companion, Volume Two''|publisher=[[Goodreads]]|access-date=June 12, 2016}}</ref>
* "[[Vengeance Is Mine (Outlander)|Vengeance Is Mine]]", ''[[Outlander (TV series)|Outlander]]'' [[Outlander (season 2)|season 2]] episode (June 18, 2016)<ref name="LAT Vengeance">{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-st-outlander-sam-heughan-caitriona-balfe-20160608-snap-story.html |title=''Outlander''s' stars thrill to the writer's presence on set |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Yvonne |last=Villarreal |date=June 9, 2016 |access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref>
* "[[Journeycake (Outlander)|Journeycake]]", ''[[Outlander (TV series)|Outlander]]'' [[Outlander (season 5)|season 5]] episode (May 3, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a32343694/diana-gabaldon-malva-outlander-episode-511-journeycake-interview/|title = Outlander Author Diana Gabaldon on What Claire and Jamie Would be Doing During Quarantine|date = May 4, 2020}}</ref>

===''Lord John'' series===
The [[Lord John series|''Lord John'' series]] is a sequence of novels and shorter works that center on [[Lord John Grey (character)|Lord John Grey]], a recurring secondary character in Gabaldon's ''Outlander'' series. The spin-off series currently consists of five novellas and three novels, which all take place between 1756 and 1761, during the events of Gabaldon's ''Voyager''.<ref name="Gabaldon Grey">{{cite web|url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/lord-john-grey/ |title=Official site: Lord John Grey Series |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=October 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012004959/http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/lord-john-grey/ }}</ref><ref name="Gabaldon Chronology">{{cite web|url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/chronology-of-the-outlander-series// |title=Official site: Chronology of the Outlander Series |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=October 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012161942/http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/chronology-of-the-outlander-series// }}</ref> They can be generally categorized as [[historical mystery|historical mysteries]], and the three novels are shorter and focus on fewer plot threads than the main ''Outlander'' books.<ref name="Gabaldon Chronology"/>
* ''[[Lord John and the Private Matter]]'' (2003), novel
* ''[[Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade]]'' (2007), novel
* ''[[The Scottish Prisoner]]'' (2011), novel

====Novellas====
* ''[[Lord John and the Hellfire Club]]'' (1998), novella first published in the anthology ''[[Past Poisons]]'', edited by [[Maxim Jakubowski]]
* ''[[Lord John and the Succubus]]'' (2003), novella first published in ''[[Legends II (book)|Legends II]]'', edited by [[Robert Silverberg]]
* ''[[Lord John and the Haunted Soldier]]'' (2007), novella published in ''[[Lord John and the Hand of Devils]]''
* ''[[Lord John and the Hand of Devils]]'' (2007), collection of three novellas (''Lord John and the Hellfire Club'', ''Lord John and the Succubus'' and ''Lord John and the Haunted Soldier'')
* ''[[The Custom of the Army]]'' (2010), novella published in ''[[Warriors (anthology)|Warriors]]'', edited by [[George R.R. Martin]] and [[Gardner Dozois]], and later collected in ''Seven Stones to Stand or Fall'' (2017).
* ''[[Lord John and the Plague of Zombies]]'' (2011), novella published in ''[[Down These Strange Streets]]'', edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, and later collected in ''Seven Stones to Stand or Fall'' (2017).
* ''[[Besieged (novella)|Besieged]]'' (2017), novella published in the Gabaldon collection ''Seven Stones to Stand or Fall''.

===Other works===
* ''[[Naked Came the Phoenix]]'' (2001), a collaboration with twelve other authors
* "Humane Killer", short story co-written with [[Sam Sykes]], published in ''The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy'' (2009)
* "Dirty Scottsdale", short crime story set in Phoenix, Arizona, published in ''Phoenix Noir'' (2009), an anthology with fifteen other authors

===Scientific works===
Professor Gabaldon's research works included:
* {{cite thesis | last=Gabaldon | first=Diana J. | author-link=Diana Gabaldon | date=1979 | title=Factors involved in nest site selection by piñon jays | location=[[Flagstaff, AZ]] | publisher=[[Northern Arizona University]] | pages=241}}
:* Doctoral dissertation about the [[Pinyon jay]]
* {{cite journal | doi=10.1093/auk/96.4.796 | url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v096n04/p0796-p0798.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701154426/http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v096n04/p0796-p0798.pdf | archive-date=2016-07-01 | volume= 96 | issue=4 | pages= 796–798 | last1=Clark | first1= L. |last2=Gabaldon | first2=Diana J. | author2-link=Diana Gabaldon | year=1979 | journal=[[The Auk]] | publisher=[[American Ornithological Society]] | title=Nest Desertion by the Piñon Jay | doi-broken-date=November 1, 2024 | s2cid=86007311 | jstor=4085669}}
:* Cited in [[Pinyon jay]]
* {{cite journal | last=Gabaldon | first=Diana J. | author-link=Diana Gabaldon | title=Observation of a Possible Alternate Mode of Feeding in a Porcellanid Crab (''Petrolisthes Cabrilloi'' Glassell, 1945) (Decapoda, Anomura) | journal=[[Crustaceana]] | publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] | volume=36 | issue=1 | year=1979 | issn=0011-216X | doi=10.1163/156854079x00285 | pages=110–112 | jstor=20103368 | s2cid=84962642}}
:* About ''[[Petrolisthes]] [[Petrolisthes cabrilloi|cabrilloi]]''
* {{cite journal | last1=Montevecchi | first1=W. A. | last2=Ricklefs | first2=R. E. | last3=Kirkham | first3=I. R. | last4=Gabaldon | first4=Diana | author4-link=Diana Gabaldon | title=Growth Energetics of Nestling Northern Gannets (''Sula bassanus'') | journal=[[The Auk]] | publisher=[[American Ornithological Society]] | volume=101 | issue=2 | date=1984-04-01 | issn=0004-8038 | doi=10.1093/auk/101.2.334 | pages=334–341 | s2cid=55118062}}
:* Cited in [[Northern gannet]]
* {{cite journal | last1=Gordon | first1=M. S. | last2=Gabaldon | first2=Diana J. | author2-link=Diana Gabaldon | last3=Yip | first3=A. Y.-w. | title=Exploratory observations on microhabitat selection within the intertidal zone by the Chinese mudskipper fish ''Periophthalmus cantonensis'' | journal=[[Marine Biology (journal)|Marine Biology]] | publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] | volume=85 | issue=2 | year=1985 | issn=0025-3162 | doi=10.1007/bf00397439 | pages=209–215 | bibcode=1985MarBi..85..209G | s2cid=83585142}}
:* About the [[New Guinea mudskipper]]

==Adaptations==
The ''Outlander'' series has been released in unabridged (read by [[Davina Porter]]) and abridged (read by Geraldine James) audiobooks. Several of the ''Lord John'' books have been released in audiobook form, read by Jeff Woodman.

A [[Outlander (TV series)|television adaptation]] of the ''Outlander'' series premiered on [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]] in the US on August 9, 2014.<ref name="HR 2014-05-08"/> Gabaldon made a [[cameo appearance]] as Iona MacTavish in the August 2014 episode "[[The Gathering (Outlander)|The Gathering]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2014/08/27/outlander-diana-gabaldon-cameo |title=First Look: ''Outlander'' author Diana Gabaldon cameos on Starz series |first=Amy |last=Wilkinson |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 27, 2014 |access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> Gabaldon is a paid consultant for the show,<ref name="CordDiana">{{cite web |last=Cordova |first=Randy |url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/books/2014/06/07/diana-gabaldon-returns-new-outlander-book/10042975/ |title=Diana Gabaldon returns with new ''Outlander'' book |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=June 25, 2014 |access-date=July 31, 2014}}</ref> and wrote the screenplay for the 2016 [[Outlander (season 2)|season 2]] episode "[[Vengeance Is Mine (Outlander)|Vengeance Is Mine]]".<ref name="LAT Vengeance"/>

In 2010 Gabaldon adapted the first third of ''Outlander'' into ''[[The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel]]'', illustrated by Hoang Nguyen.<ref name="GNR 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/reviews/the-exile-an-outlander-graphic-novel |title=''The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel'' |first=Casey |last=Brienza |publisher=GraphicNovelReporter.com |date=September 21, 2010 |access-date=September 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924062923/http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/reviews/the-exile-an-outlander-graphic-novel |archive-date=September 24, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PW 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-50538-5 |title=Fiction Book Review: ''The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel'' |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=August 23, 2010 |access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gabaldon Exile">{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/the-exile-graphic-novel/ |title=Official site: ''The Exile'' (graphic novel) |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> The same year, a 14-song cycle based on ''Outlander'' was released under the title ''[[Outlander: The Musical]]''.<ref name="Gabaldon Musical Amazon 2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/2010/09/progress-outlanderthe-musical-now-on-amazon/ |title=PROGRESS! ''OUTLANDER:The Musical'' now on Amazon! |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |date=September 26, 2010 |access-date=July 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gabaldon Musical 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/misc/outlander-the-musical/ |title=''Outlander the Musical''  |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |date=October 26, 2013 |access-date=July 30, 2014}}</ref><ref name="BroadwayWorld 2012">{{cite news |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE-TUBE-First-Listen-of-Jill-Santoriellos-OUTLANDER-Musical-20120716#.U9hYSVZU10g |title=Stage Tube: First Listen of Jill Santoriello's ''Outlander'' Musical |website=BroadwayWorld.com |date=July 16, 2012 |access-date=July 30, 2014|last1=Tube |first1=Stage }}</ref>

==Reception and awards==
Gabaldon's ''Outlander'' won the [[Romance Writers of America]]'s [[RITA Award]] for Best Romance of 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=535 |title=RITA Awards: Past Winners |access-date=October 31, 2013 |publisher=[[Romance Writers of America]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714074216/https://www.rwa.org/p/cm/ld/fid=535 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''A Breath of Snow and Ashes'' (2005) debuted at #1 on ''[[The New York Times]]'' Hardcover Fiction [[The New York Times Best Seller list|Best-Seller List]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Best-Seller Lists: Hardcover Fiction |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/books/bestseller/1016besthardfiction.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 16, 2005 |access-date=October 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Garner |first=Dwight |title=Inside the List|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/books/review/16tbr.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&ref=bookreviews&adxnnlx=1383249841-nrLYaAwcpEj3PIXY1RKbmA |website=The New York Times |date=October 16, 2005 |access-date=October 31, 2013}}</ref> and won the [[Quill Award]] for Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thequills.org/2006.html |title=The Quill Book Awards: 2006 |publisher=TheQuills.org |archive-date=January 8, 2007 |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108151537/http://www.thequills.org/2006.html }}</ref> In 2007, ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Montreal Gazette]]'' noted that Gabaldon's books "are in demand in 24 countries in 19 languages", and that the author "continues to churn out one bestseller after another."<ref name="Montreal Gazette"/> By 2012 her novels had been published in 27 countries and 24 languages.<ref name="NAU"/>
She has since gone on to win numerous awards for both her writing and her contributions to the UK, one of which was from the National Trust for Scotland's "Great Scot" award,<ref name="Great Scot">{{cite web |title=2022 A Celebration of Scotland's Treasures and Great Scot Honoree, Diana Gabaldon |url=https://ntsusa.org/2022-gala-great-scot-diana-gabaldon/ |website=The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA |access-date=17 October 2024 |date=15 March 2023}}</ref> rarely given to a non-Scot. Also, Gabaldon received the St. Andrew's Society of Los Angeles & Southern California "Robert Burns Lifetime Achievement Award."  Gabaldon continues to be recognized and given accolades the world over.

''Lord John and the Private Matter'' reached No. 8 on ''The New York Times'' Hardcover Fiction Best-Seller List in 2003.<ref name="NYT Private Matter">{{cite web |title=BEST SELLERS: October 26, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/books/best-sellers-october-26-2003.html|website=The New York Times |date=October 26, 2003 |access-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> In 2007, ''Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade'' debuted at #1,<ref name="NYT Blade">{{cite web |title=Best Sellers: Hardcover Fiction|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/books/bestseller/0916besthardfiction.html?_r=1& |website=The New York Times |date=September 16, 2007 |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> and the ''Hand of Devils'' collection reached No. 24 on ''The New York Times'' Hardcover Fiction Best-Seller List.<ref name="NYT Devils">{{cite web |title=Best Sellers: Hardcover Fiction|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/books/bestseller/1216besthardfiction.html |website=The New York Times|date=December 16, 2007 |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> ''The Scottish Prisoner'' debuted at #6 on ''The New York Times'' E-Book Fiction Best-Seller List in 2011,<ref name="NYT Prisoner">{{cite web |title=Best Sellers: E-Book Fiction|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-12-18/e-book-fiction/list.html?date=2011-12-18&category=e-book-fiction&pagewanted=print |website=The New York Times |date=December 18, 2011|access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> and the novella ''A Plague of Zombies'' was nominated for an [[Edgar Award]] by the [[Mystery Writers of America]] for the “Best Short Mystery Story” the same year.<ref name="Gabaldon Plague">{{cite web|url=http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/lord-john-grey/novellas/a-plague-of-zombies// |title=Official site: ''A Plague of Zombies'' |publisher=DianaGabaldon.com |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=October 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012041249/http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/lord-john-grey/novellas/a-plague-of-zombies// }}</ref> Reviewing the ''Lord John'' series, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' said that "Gabaldon's prose is crisply elegant"<ref name="PW Private">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-33747-2 |title=Fiction Book Review: ''Lord John and the Private Matter'' |website=Publishers Weekly |date=September 15, 2003 |access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> and that she "brings an effusive joy to her fiction that proves infectious even for readers unfamiliar with her work or the period."<ref name="PW Hand">{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-31139-7 |title=Fiction Book Review: ''Lord John and the Hand of Devils'' |website=Publishers Weekly |date=September 10, 2007 |access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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