I know I read the first three myself, for (what was then) Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic - I was a volunteer reader for them for 27 years, until life and travel got so hectic that I couldn’t reliably show up every week. It takes anywhere from 32 to 49 hours just to read one of the books aloud. It could hardly not be one season of the show is (roughly) twelve episodes - twelve hours. SheKnows: What is one book scene for each season that you were sad never made it into the show?ĭiana Gabaldon: Look, the books are the books and the show is the show. Check out our full conversation with author Gabaldon below. With yet another best-seller under her belt, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone,released November 23, 2021, is already a #1 New York Times best-seller), Gabaldon is busier than ever - and just like reading her novels, her answers to our questions had us hanging on every word. But don’t ask her if she’s started it (Oops we did!). Oh, and she might have also hinted at the tenth book in the series, in case you’ve already speed-read your way through all 900 pages of Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone. As we eagerly await the sixth season of Outlander coming out on March 6, we had a chance to catch up with Gabaldon about everything in the Outlander universe - from the book scenes she wishes made it to television to what we can expect in season 6 of the Starz show, plus details on the recently-released ninth book in the series, Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone and whether she thinks there will be an eighth season of Outlander(season 7 is already confirmed, phew).

Over 30 years ago, Diana Gabaldon began writing a story about a man in a kilt with no idea what it would one day become: the best-selling nine-book series Outlander, adapted in 2014 into a hit Starz TV show featuring Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan as romantic leads Jamie and Claire Fraser. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission.

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