Outlander series

Outlander
Creator	Diana Gabaldon
Original work	Outlander (1991)
Print publications
Books	The Outlandish Companion (1999)
Novels	Outlander (1991) Dragonfly in Amber (1992) Voyager (1994) Drums of Autumn (1997) The Fiery Cross (2001) A Breath of Snow and Ashes (2005) An Echo in the Bone (2009) Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014)
Short stories	"A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows" (2010)
Comics	The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel (2010)
Films and television
Television series	Outlander (2014–)
Audio
Soundtracks	Outlander: The Musical (2010)
Miscellaneous
Novellas	The Space Between (2012) Virgins (2013)

The Outlander series is a sequence of novels and shorter works written by Diana Gabaldon that feature elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/fantasy.^[1] The franchise has expanded to include the 2014 television drama series Outlander on Starz,^[2][3] a 2010 graphic novel^[4][5][6] and a 2010 musical album called Outlander: The Musical.^[7][8][9]

Gabaldon has also spun off recurring secondary character Lord John Grey into the Lord John series, a sequence of novels and shorter works that can be generally categorized as historical mysteries.^[10][11]

Written works

The Outlander series focuses on 20th-century British nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser.^[1]

Novels

1. Outlander (1991) (published in the UK and Australia as Cross Stitch)
2. Dragonfly in Amber (1992)
3. Voyager (1993)
4. Drums of Autumn (1996)
5. The Fiery Cross (2001)
6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (2005)
7. An Echo in the Bone (2009)
8. Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014)^[12]
9. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone (forthcoming)^[13]

Novellas and short stories

• "A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows" (2010), a short story in the anthology Songs of Love and Death, later collected in A Trail of Fire (2012).^[14] It tells the WWII story of Roger MacKenzie's parents Jerry and Dolly, as Jerry discovers for himself the mystery of the standing stones.^{[15][16][17][18][19]}
• The Space Between (2013), a novella in the anthology The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, later collected in A Trail of Fire (2012).^[14] It chronicles a journey undertaken by Joan MacKimmie (Jamie Fraser's step-daughter) and Michael Murray (Jenny Fraser Murray's son).^[20]
• Virgins (2013), a novella in the anthology Dangerous Women,^{[21][22][23][24]} later available as a standalone e-book.^[25] Set in 1740 France, it introduces 19-year-old Jamie Fraser as he and his 20-year-old friend Ian Murray become young mercenaries.^{[21][22][23][24]}

Other

• The Outlandish Companion (1999), a guide to the Outlander series containing synopses, a character guide, and other notes and information
• The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel (2010)
• The Outlandish Companion, Vol. II (2015)^[26][27]

Audiobooks

The Outlander series has been released in unabridged (read by Davina Porter) and abridged audiobooks (read by Geraldine James). Several of the Lord John books have been released in audiobook form, read by Jeff Woodman.

Characters

Television series

In June 2013, Starz ordered 16 episodes of a television adaptation, and production began in October 2013 in Scotland.^[28] The series premiered in the US on August 9, 2014 with Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan starring as Claire and Jamie.^[2] It was picked up for a second season on August 15, 2014,^[3] and for a third and fourth season on June 1, 2016.^[29]

Graphic novel

In 2010 Gabaldon adapted the first third of Outlander into a graphic novel, illustrated by Hoang Nguyen.^[4][5][6]

Outlander: The Musical

In 2010, a 14-song cycle based on Outlander was released under the title Outlander: The Musical.^[7] With music by Kevin Walsh and lyrics by Mike Gibb, the project was approved by Gabaldon after Gibb had approached the author in Scotland with the idea to adapt her novel into a stage production.^[8] As Gabaldon recalled, "I laughed and said, 'That’s the screwiest idea I’ve heard yet – go ahead.' So they did, and the results were stunning."^[8] Though the stage production remains in development,^[8] the 14-song cycle is available on CD from Amazon.com and for download on iTunes.^[7][30][31]

In 2012, Broadway composer Jill Santoriello began collaborating with Gibb and Walsh on the project, writing the music and cowriting the lyrics with Gibb for a new song called "One More Time."^[9][31] The song was recorded with vocals by Rebecca Robbins.^[9][31]

Lord John series

The Lord John series is a sequence of novels and shorter works that center on Lord John Grey, a recurring secondary character from the Outlander novels. The spin-off series currently consists of five novellas and three novels, which all take place between 1756 and 1761, during the events of Gabaldon's Voyager.^[10][11] They can be generally categorized as historical mysteries, and the three novels are shorter and focus on fewer plot threads than the main Outlander books.^[11] Several of the Lord John books have been released in audiobook form, read by Jeff Woodman.

References

External links

• Official website
• "An Outlander Family Tree (Official)". Random House. 2014. 
• Gabaldon, Diana. Outlander Podcasts (Podcast). DianaGabaldon.com.