2007 Speakers List > Detail about Presenter

2007 Presenters (Authors, Agents, Editors & Producers)

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."

Workshop(s)

Genre Bending (workshop) Cross-genre fiction is rapidly gaining in popularity. What are the advantages and disadvantages to combining different genres in your fiction?
History as a Platform for Contemporary Issues (workshop) Join best selling historical fiction authors as they discuss how modern issues creep into books about the past.
Backstory: How to Set Your Plot and Characters in the Turbulent Events of History (workshop) In a good novel, the setting takes on a role as important as character or plot. Join these two best selling novelists as they talk about the importance of setting. With Diana’s expertise in history and Michael’s in turbulence you can’t go wrong!