Diana Gabaldon

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Diana Gabaldon (2017)

Diana Gabaldon (born January 11, 1952 in Williams , Arizona ) is an American author. She was best known for the novel series Highland Saga . This is the basis for the television series Outlander by Ronald D. Moore .

Life

Diana Gabaldon grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona and studied zoology at Northern Arizona University . She later moved to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego , where she received a Master of Science degree in deep-sea biology. She has been appointed honorary professor in quantitative behavioral ecology . At the same time Gabaldon worked as a freelance writer, including for Byte . She also founded the scientific journal Science Software Quarterly , which tests software for the IBM personal computer and Apple Macintosh . In the mid-1980s Diana Gabaldon was interested in the World Wide Web and became a member of a discussion forum on literature at CompuServe , where she also published parts of her first novel Outlander in 1987 .

Outlander (German fire and stone ) was officially released in 1991, followed by Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager . The latter novel immediately reached the status of a New York Times - Bestsellers . All works are part of the so-called Highland saga , in which the British nurse Claire is transported into the 18th century. She falls in love with the Highlander Jamie and experiences numerous historical events, such as the Second Jacobite Rising . A total of eight volumes have appeared in the series to date, most recently A Shadow of Treason and Love in 2014. Diana Gabaldon usually publishes a new volume of the Highland saga every four to five years. In addition, she started another series with the so-called Lord John Saga , at the center of which is a soldier of the British Army , who already appeared as a minor character in the Highland novels.

2006 Gabaldon received the literary prize Quill Book Award in the category Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror for A Breath of Snow and Ashes (German A Breath of Snow and Ashes ). In addition, Down These Strange Streets was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award 2012 for best short story . With A Shadow of Treason and Love , she won the LovelyBooks Readers Award in the Historical Novel category in 2014 .

Diana Gabaldon lives with her husband in Scottsdale , Arizona and has three grown children.

Works

Highland saga

  1. Fire and stone . Blanvalet, Munich 1995 (original title: Outlander , translated by Elfriede Fuchs and Maya Ubik), ISBN 3-7645-0697-0 .
  2. The borrowed time . Blanvalet, Munich 1996 (original title: Dragonfly in Amber , translated by Sonja Schumacher), ISBN 3-7645-0702-0 .
  3. Distant banks . Blanvalet, Munich 1997 (original title: Voyager , translated by Petra Hrabak), ISBN 3-7645-0727-6 .
  4. The call of the drum . Blanvalet, Munich 1998 (original title: Drums of Autumn , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 3-7645-0046-8 .
  5. The flaming cross . Blanvalet, Munich 2002 (original title: The Fiery Cross , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 3-7645-0056-5 . ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from August 19 to October 20, 2002 )
  6. A touch of snow and ash . Blanvalet, Munich 2005 (original title: A Breath of Snow and Ashes , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 3-7645-0057-3 . ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from September 19 to October 9, 2005 )
  7. Echo of hope . Blanvalet, Munich 2009 (original title: An Echo in the Bone , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 978-3-7645-0303-1 .
  8. A shadow of betrayal and love . Blanvalet, Munich 2014 (original title: Written in My Own Heart's Blood , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 978-3-7645-0304-8 . ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from August 4th to 17th, 2014 )

out of sequence:

  • Fire and Stone: A Love in the Highlands . Blanvalet, Munich 2011 (Original title: The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 978-3-7645-0422-9 ( Graphic Novel ).
  • Fire and Stone has also been featured as a series in "Outlander" on STARZ-network USA since August 9, 2014.

Companion books

  • The magical stone circle . (The big compendium on the Highland saga.) Blanvalet, Munich 2000 (original title: The Outlandish Companion , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 3-7645-0102-2 .

Lord John Saga

Novels

  • The sea of ​​lies . Blanvalet, Munich 2005 (original title: Lord John and the Private Matter , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 3-442-36264-4 .
  • The sin of the brothers . Blanvalet, Munich 2009 (original title: Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 978-3-442-37135-8 .
  • The torches of freedom . Blanvalet, Munich 2012 (original title: Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 978-3-7645-0177-8 .

Novellas

  • The hand of the devil . 3 Lord John novels. Blanvalet, Munich 2006 (original title: Lord John and the Hand of Devils , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 3-442-36561-9 .
    • Lord John and the flames of hell ( Lord John and the Hellfire Club )
    • Lord John and the magic Pact ( Lord John and the Succubus )
    • Lord John and the Ghost Soldier ( Lord John and the Haunted Soldier )
  • Time of storms . Blanvalet, Munich 2013 (original title: The Trail of Fire , translated by Barbara Schnell), ISBN 978-3-442-38001-5 .

Web links

Commons : Diana Gabaldon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paperback bestseller: Highlander in Need. In: Spiegel Online . April 30, 2007, accessed June 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ A nurse travels back in time. In: Serienjunkies , accessed June 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ Bev Eckman-Onyskow: Santa Fe author ready to release new book. ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Alamogordo Daily News . August 26, 2009, accessed June 25, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alamogordonews.com
  4. ↑ From academia to steamy fiction. ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Gazette . October 6, 2007, accessed June 25, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.canada.com
  5. ↑ 20 minutes with Diana Gabaldon. In: OHbaby! Magazine , accessed June 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ a b c Barbara Schnell: A thousand people in the Dichterklause . In: Die Zeit , No. 41/1994.
  7. ↑ Dragonfly in Amber. In: Publishers Weekly , accessed June 25, 2014.
  8. ^ Voyager. In: Publishers Weekly , accessed June 25, 2014.
  9. ↑ Behind the scenes . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 14, 2014, p. 22.
  10. ↑ Petra Kohse: Dressed to Kilt . In: taz , October 6, 1998.
  11. ↑ Own stage for Lord John Gray . In: Passauer Neue Presse , January 21, 2008.
  12. ↑ Craig Wilson: Gabaldon's 'Outlander': Practice novel that became a hit. In: USA Today . July 7, 2007, accessed June 25, 2014.
  13. ↑ 2012 Edgar Award Nominees Announced. In: Publishers Weekly . January 19, 2012, accessed June 25, 2014.
  14. ↑ About Diana , accessed June 25, 2014.
  15. ↑ dianagabaldon.com. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  16. ↑ dianagabaldon.de accessed on September 27, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Gabaldon, Diana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Williams , Arizona