“I learned just recently, in fact, that a lot of people who read do not form a visual image from what they're reading. They just don't. They follow the events and get the resonance with the language, but they have only a vague, general idea of what the characters look like.”

American author and television writer

Diana J. Gabaldon is an American author and television writer best known for the Outlander book series. She has built a wide readership through fiction that blends historical settings with romance, mystery, adventure, and science fiction or fantasy. Her writing is marked by that mixed-genre approach, which gives the Outlander novels their distinctive shape. The series was adapted for television and premiered on Starz in 2014.