Diana Gabaldon

Author

Diana Gabaldon is the author of the award-winning, NYT-bestselling OUTLANDER novels, described by Salon magazine as "the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D. with a background in scripting "Scrooge McDuck" comics."

The adventure began in 1991 with the classic OUTLANDER ("historical fiction with a Moebius twist"), continued through four more New York Times -bestselling novels--DRAGONFLY IN AMBER, VOYAGER, DRUMS OF AUTUMN, and THE FIERY CROSS--and a nonfiction (well, relatively) companion volume, THE OUTLANDISH COMPANION, which provides copious details on the settings, background, characters, research, and writing of the novels, and has most recently produced A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES, winner of the 2006 Corine International Fiction Award, and the 2006 Quill Award for <ahem> "Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror."

Website:

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~gatti/gabaldon/

Workshops & Panels:

Prestidigitation, Sleight of Hand & How to make Readers Look Where You Want Them To

Speaker: Diana Gabaldon

Time: Friday 3:30pm

Join this long-time SiWC favourite and international best-seller as she takes a close look at focus in novel-writing.

Never Can Get Enough - How Much Sex is Too Much?

Speakers: C.C. Humphreys, Diana Gabaldon

Time: Saturday 3:30pm

Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask about sex in historical fiction. Expect a rollicking good time in this PG-rated discussion of how to find the right balance between the social and the sexual in historical fiction.

Ghosts: How Revenants Haunt Plot, Characters and Setting

Speakers: Diana Gabaldon, Michael Slade

Time: Sunday 9:30am

Join this Mistress of the Story and Master of the Macabre as they delve into ghostly subjects.

The Mystery of History - Combining Genres to Build Story

Moderator: kc dyer

Panel: Diana Gabaldon, C.C. Humphreys, Andrea MacPherson, Anne Perry, Jack Whyte, Jacqueline Winspear

Time: Saturday 1:30pm

Historical fiction is a catch-all title for a vast range of storytelling styles and genres. This bestselling panel of authors talk about their tools and techniques for grabbing their audience and keeping them riveted.