Diana Gabaldon is an American author renowned for her best-selling Outlander series, a remarkable fusion of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure, and science fiction. Born in 1952, Gabaldon initially pursued a career in science and academia. She earned a Ph.D. in Behavioral Ecology and worked as a professor at Arizona State University, specializing in scientific computation. Her unexpected journey into writing began in the late 1980s w...