• “The smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D. with a background in scripting 'Scrooge McDuck' comics.”—Salon.com
  • A time-hopping, continent-spanning salmagundi of genres.”
    —ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
  • “These books have to be word-of-mouth books because they're too weird to describe to anybody.”
    —Jackie Cantor, Diana's first editor

APPEARANCES in 2012

To start with, I’m not going many places in 2012. I need to get WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD actually written in some slightly less drastic substance, like ink — and would like to do it, if humanly possible, by the end of this year. So I’m regretfully turning down many nice invitations — ask me again next year!

Events I will definitely be attending are listed on my appearances web page. For now, though, these are the only things I have scheduled. I don’t say I absolutely won’t add any others, because you never know what’s going to come up. And as you’ll see, there are one or two ambiguous ones.

Appearances page web URL:

http://www.dianagabaldon.com/appearances

Outlander the Musical

About a year ago, a lovely man named Mike Gibb came to me in Scotland and told me that 1) he was a lyricist and playwright, with a number of musical theater productions to his credit, 2) he’d fallen in love with my novel, OUTLANDER, and 3) with his friend, composer Kevin Walsh, wanted to do a stage production of “OUTLANDER: The Musical.”   As I recall, I laughed and said, “That’s the screwiest idea I’ve heard yet–go ahead.”  So they did, and the results were stunning.

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When Will the Next Book Be Out?

Book eight in the story of Claire and Jamie is titled WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’s BLOOD, a work in progress which will probably be released in early 2013. Excerpts and current information are sometimes posted in my blogs or on twitter. Continue reading ›

Follow Diana Online

In addition to the links below, Diana can be found most of the time on the Compuserve Books and Writers Community.  When you enter the page, you’ll see to the left  a list of folders on different aspects of reading and writing.  Click on the “Diana Gabaldon” folder for discussions of Diana’s books, writing habits, etc.–but do feel free to explore the other folders, too!