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Diana Gabaldon:
You have an amazing scientific and educational background! I've always wondered what got you into writing and becoming an author?
Diana Gabaldon
I've known since I was eight years old that I was supposed to be a novelist. I just didn't know how. But when I turned 35, I said to myself, "Mozart was _dead_ at 36. Maybe you'd better get a move on here..." So I wrote a novel for practice (in order to learn how) and that turned out to be OUTLANDER, so here we are...
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Diana Gabaldon:
Do you feel that the Starz show based on Outlander is true to your books?
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Diana Gabaldon:
The idea of "Outlander", was it an out-of-the-blue inspiration or was it in your mind for a very long time?
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