As a research professor, she decided that a historical novel would be easiest to research and write, but she had no background in history and initially no particular time period in mind. In 1988, Gabaldon decided to write a novel for "practice, just to learn how", and with no intention to show it to anyone. Gabaldon signing books at the 2017 Phoenix Comicon
She was a professor with an expertise in scientific computation at ASU for 12 years before leaving to write full-time. During the mid-1980s, Gabaldon wrote software reviews and technical articles for computer publications, as well as popular-science articles and Disney comics.
Gabaldon was the founding editor of Science Software Quarterly in 1984 while employed at the Center for Environmental Studies at Arizona State University. She earned a bachelor of science in zoology from Northern Arizona University, 1970–1973 a master of science in marine biology from the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1973–1975 and a PhD in behavioral ecology from Northern Arizona University, 1975–1978. Her father was of Mexican ancestry, and her mother was of English descent. Gabaldon was born on January 11, 1952, in Williams, Arizona, United States, the daughter of Jacqueline Sykes and Tony Gabaldon (1931–1998), an Arizona state senator from Flagstaff for sixteen years and later a supervisor of Coconino County. A television adaptation of the Outlander novels premiered on Starz in 2014. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/ fantasy. Gabaldon ( / ˈ ɡ æ b əl d oʊ n/ born January 11, 1952) is an American author, known for the Outlander series of novels.
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