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Welcome to Outlander Animals

Welcome to the barking, braying, mewing, and cooing world of the Outlander Animals crew from the bestselling Outlander book series by Diana Gabaldon. This happy space examines the rich “critter culture” that is so much a part of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander world, both in her books and the resulting Outlander Starz television series. As avid readers and viewers of the Outlander books and Starz series, we all know that “Dr. G”, as our assistant editor Clarence the Mule calls her,…

What is Diana Gabaldon’s Spirit Animal?

Ok. You know Diana Gabaldon's books and the young Outlander Starz series, but there is a reason--or a hundred--why her animals gallop, clomp, fly, and slither off the pages of her books and into our lap (reptiles are not welcome in mine without warning, thanks!). That's because Herself knows them all. The author has degrees in Marine Biology, Zoology and even a Ph.D in Quantitative Behavioral Ecology, meaning she has a fair grasp of the beasts of Earth's waters, air,…