Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon (January 11th 1952, in Arizona) is a American novelist of Mexican origin and anglaise.
She wrote the popular series the Thistle and Tartan . Its novels are rather difficult to classify by kind since they borrow so much from the romantic novel (love story) that with the historical novel and the science fiction (in the form of the voyage in time). Its first tests of writing were posted on the forum of writing of CompuServe. Positive returns on behalf of other members of the forum persuaded it to finish and publish the first novel of the series the Thistle and Tartan . The novels of this series are centered around Claire, an English nurse of the 20th century which travels in time and of her Jamie husband, a Scottish warrior of the 18th century. The history besides is generally told from the point of view of Claire. The series Lord John Grey is a spinoff (a derived series) of the preceding one and takes again the adventures of one of the supporting characters appearing in several volumes.

Biography

Born on January 11th, 1952 in Arizona, it has a father originating in the New Mexico and an English mother, Yorkshire. Diana grew with Flagstaff, Arizona, and lives now with Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband Doug Watson and their three children. She is titular of three diplomas, obtained in two different institutions.
  • License of Zoology of Northern Arizona University, 1970-73
  • Master of marine Biology of the University of California with San Diego, Scripps Institution off Oceanography, 1973-75
  • Doctorate of ecology of Northern Arizona University, 1975-78

Works

  • Series Lord John Grey

    • Lord John and the Hellfire Club (only available in audio), 1998
    • Lord John and the Private Matter , 2003
    • Lord John and the Succubus , news published in Legends II , published by Robert Silverberg, 2004

  • Not fiction

    • The Outlandish Companion , 1999

Rewards

    • September 24th, 2006: Diana Gabaldon receives the International Corine Book Award 2006 , in the category Weltbild Readers Award , result of a public vote on the Web page of the editor.
    • October 10th, 2006: Diana Gabaldon receives the Quill Book Award 2006 , in the category science fiction/fantasy/horror , result of a public vote on Internet.

External bond

  • Official site

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