Comments on: Wish Diana a Happy Birthday…

By: Jacqueline Boden

Jacqueline Boden — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:39:29 +0000

Sorry, meant to start with a great big THANK YOU for all the pleasure your writing has given me – and millions of others – down the years. I have read all your books several times and have always been puzzled at how you infuse each of them with a particular emotion. ‘The Scottish prisoner’ for example is very sad. Its not in anything on the page but that emotion is clear throughout. You clever, clever girl!!

By: Jacqueline Boden

Jacqueline Boden — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:43:03 +0000

Happy, happy birthday, Diana. You are my favourite author now [the previous one was Jane Austin] and I am a bit of a history buff so filled with admiration for your historical accuracy – your story-telling is beyond great!!!

By: Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon — Wed, 25 May 2022 21:22:10 +0000

Hi, Jamie,

Can you rush baking a cake? Or building a skyscraper? No. Unless you want it to fail.

My creative process takes the time it takes. My Outlander novels are quite large, and there is also a lot of historical and other background research that goes into each of them. They take a lot of work to create.

To rush creating one of my books would sacrifice quality, and I will never do that.

Thanks,

Diana

By: Martha R. Hernandez

Martha R. Hernandez — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:36:36 +0000

I am just about through reading the 9th book of Outlander, (my daughter gave it to me for Christmas) and am enjoying it as much as I have all the other 8 previous ones! I am anxious to see the 6th series when it comes out next March 6th as much as I have enjoyed the previous 5. You are amazing!!! I would love to know how you came up with the idea and how you continue to keep it going. Whatever it is, Keep it Going! You have a wonderful gift!

By: Janet F Broadbent

Janet F Broadbent — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:56:08 +0000

Happy Belated Birthday. I turned 70 last July. I have just finished reading the ninth Outlander book and can’t wait for the next. I have read more books than I could even count in my lifetime and yours are in the top three authors. Probably the best. Thank you so much for telling a truly wonderful story so well. It is almost certainly the best love story I’ve read. I am of Scottish ancestry, my mother being a Fraser and that makes it even better to me. Thank You, Sincerely Janet Broadbent

By: Theresa

Theresa — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 04:28:51 +0000

Enjoyed watching Outlander on Netflix and immediately bought the Outlander sereies. Thoroughly enjoyed the books also. I am now reading the Bees.

I am 86 years young and live with my daughter. Since she spoils me I have lots of time to read!

Thank you for sharing your talents with all of us. I agree, you are a treasure.

By: Gloria Lee

Gloria Lee — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 01:31:21 +0000

Ms Diana, I truly hope that your special day was exceptional, enjoyed with family & friends. I promised myself I’d take my time reading Bees, but I could not help myself and finished it. Sooooo, very good. Stay well.

By: Connie Kadey

Connie Kadey — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:32:36 +0000

Happy belated birthday!

I could not believe when the blog post reported you had turned 70! You are the youngest 70 year old I’ve ever see (it must be the creativity and all the activity you’re involved with to create these wonderful books).

I have been reading these books from nearly the beginning, and have avidly followed the series since I started. These are some of my favorites- you have an extraordinary talent for “drawing pictures” with your words. I can practically smell some of the scenes you’ve described.

Thank you so much for your hard work, perseverance (not Percy necessarily!) and generosity in sharing this world with us all.

May you have many happy healthy birthdays in the years to come…

Connie

By: Mari Derrick

Mari Derrick — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 19:36:19 +0000

Happy Birthday to you. Given that so many of your books’ scenes are heart pounding, you are keeping us (your fans) a little bit healthier? but at least happier. Thank you and many more years to you.

By: Lotta Linnros

Lotta Linnros — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:21:42 +0000

Congratulations Diana!! On the night of my latest birthday (Nov 27) just after the stroke of midnight my husband gave me a present – well, can you guess what it was? I was so happy and surprised that he had got hold of it (we live in Sweden so I thought I had to wait a bit longer) and made a little happy dance in bed! Just in the beginning of our relationship over twenty years ago he was the one who found the first four books in a summer outlet store while on vacation and called me over to say “I think you would like these” – he has since jokingly said that maybe he shouldn’t have since he didn’t see much more of me that vaccation
But truly, I do thank you for the bottom of my heart that you share your world with us. I so often think of all the people and history and I really do feel that they exist, just not exactly in this world. They (and well, you) have given me such a pleasure and I’m thrilled that one of my bookshelves at home now has an entire “Diana shelf”. One of them (voyager) has become a bit of a talisman, it’s my very favourite and I tend to take it with me when I feel I need some emotinal support, just to read a section here and there helps. I can tell you that that book is now somewhat battered at the edges
I’m a bit late with my gratulation, I know, but it’s no less heartfelt.
All in all – Thank you and I wish you a really happy year to come and many more thereafter!
Best,
Lotta