![]() You know that TV show where Jamie Fraser (played by Sam Heughan) runs around the Scottish countryside wearing - you guessed it - a kilt.Ī dream come true for Diana Gabaldon, apparently. ![]() The Outlander book series has sold more than 27 million copies worldwide, and it served as the basis for the popular Starz television show of the same name. The author appears at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival at 3:30 p.m. "I didn't know anything about Scotland, but the image of the men in kilts stayed in my head," Gabaldon says.Īs it turns out, you can write an entire book series around this singular image. 2 days ago &0183 &32 The seventh season of the production of the Outlander series premieres June 16 on Starz. In an interview with BBC Alba, the American author reveals that she didn't know much about Scotland when she began writing Outlander (see here for her research process), but she found her inspiration in a "powerful and compelling" image of men in traditional garb from the country. She says the idea for her bestselling novels was sparked by an image of men. ![]() ![]() But Diana Gabaldon, the author of the Outlander series, takes the cake for least surprising inspiration ever. Authors find inspiration for novels in many places: their family, their hometown, their favorite songs, books, or movies, a particularly delightful slice of pizza, perhaps. ![]()
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