Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon is an American novelist who has also written for television, born on 11 January 1952 in Williams and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her background is Hispanic and English. Before fiction she had a scientific career, taking a bachelor's degree in zoology, a master's in marine biology and a doctorate in ecology.

She is known above all for Outlander, a series that mixes history and romance with mystery, adventure and some science fiction and fantasy. The first novel, Outlander, has more than a million Goodreads ratings, and the story continues through Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross and A Breath of Snow and Ashes. Starz began a television version of the novels in 2014. Glasgow University awarded her an honorary doctorate, recognising what she has done for Scottish literature.