Diana Gabaldon, Outlander Author, winds Nobel Prize of Literature

    Doctor Diana Gabaldon, author of the world renowned book series Outlander,  will be awarded with the Nobel Prize of Literature, on October 4th, 2021. 



Doctor Diana Gabaldon is being awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature for her "outstanding remembrance of a culture erased, and writing of a time almost forgotten, and a war that changed the life of many, almost dissolved a way of life," according to the Nobel Prize committee. 

After her 30 year long writing career, Dr. Gabaldon has written more than 15 books in the Outlander universe, including a graphic novel, companion books, two coloring books designed by the author, and a People's Choice Award winning television Series, named after the book. 

Besides her work in the Outlander world, Gabaldon has also holds three degrees in science, Zoology, Marine Biology, and a Ph.D. in Quantitative Behavioral Ecology. Dr. Gabaldon was also awarded an honorary degree from the University of Arizona, as a Doctorate of Humane Letters. 

Dr. Gabaldon's achievements started with being a founding editor of Science Software Quarterly in 1984 while employed at the Center for Environmental Studies at Arizona State University. Shortly after, in '91, Gabaldon released the first Outlander book, originally titled "Cross stitch." Since then, Gabaldon created a world of detail in the 8 main books of the series, not including the shorter books she wrote in the sub-series, Lord John and The Prisoner. 


Dr. Gabaldon originally planned for the first Outlander book to remain unpublished, written to be her "practice" novel, as the author recounts on her blog. Inspired by an episode of the long-running Doctor Who series, the book series follows an accidental time-traveller, who battles love, loss, war, and more. After posting an expert of the book on the CompuServe Literary Forum, she was offered to meet an agent. 

The Outlander Series has been published in 29 countries, in 24 different languages. The next book in the main series, Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone, is set to release November 23, 2021. Nobel Prize season begins every October as committees in Sweden and Norway name laureates in a variety of prizes in the sciences, literature and economics, as well as peace work. 113 Nobel Prizes for Literature have been given out since 1901, when the prize was established. 

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