Diana Gabledon is an American writer who has written more than a dozen successful novels over the past twenty years. A distinctive feature of her work is a mixture of genres and the predominance of Gothic themes.
The tireless passion for mastering new knowledge
Diana Gabledon was born in 1952 in a small town called Flagstaff (Arizona). A lot of different bloods were mixed in the family, among which English and Mexican prevailed. The writer owes her last temperament.
Diana grew up in an intelligent and highly educated family, which predetermined her further development. First, she entered the Department of Zoology at the University of Northern Arizona, which she successfully completed in 1973. In California, she continued her studies and received a master's degree in marine biology. The third step was to obtain a doctorate in ecology, which she was awarded by her native Arizona University.
Diana Gabledon was always drawn to new knowledge. It was difficult for her to be content with even three entities, the breadth of consciousness and the desire for learning extended much further. So, Diana began to master new areas for herself.
Unexpected change of field of activity
A big surprise for relatives, friends and colleagues was her desire to develop in the direction of information technology. Diana began writing monographs and manuals on computer systems and even founded a professional IT publication. But already at this stage, Gabledon’s craving for creativity was noticeable: while engaged in scientific and teaching activities, she unexpectedly wrote several stories for Disney comics to everyone.
An attempt to realize oneself in fiction. First success
Even more surprising was the intention of Diana to write a novel. She could not explain the reasons for such a desire, she said that she just wanted to write a book. At first, she did not even imagine the theme of her future work. But gradually the picture came together: Diana decided to write a mystical short story, which takes place in Scotland. The choice of such topics was due to her erudition in this direction - earlier she had read a huge number of gloomy tales. And Scotland simply attracted with beautiful views and original color of the people. That is how the story of the world famous novel “Alien Woman” began.
Diana sketched a couple of chapters of her future offspring and posted on one of the literary forums. One could hardly expect such a surge of positive reviews! Fans demanded a continuation. And one of the readers found an agent from the publisher who offered Gabledon cooperation. As a result, after some time, the first novel was written and published. This happened in 1991. Since then, seven more books have been published, each of which has become part of one large saga, Alien.
Literary experts and critics still cannot determine the style in which the writer writes. Her novels include romance, adventure, mysticism, and history. An amazing cocktail of genres, while her books are so easily perceived that it’s hard to tear oneself away from reading, as many fans of her work admit.
The saga, which began in 1991, began with the novel Alien. It was from this time that the world became known to Diana Gabledon. Dragonfly in Amber (published in 1992), The Traveler (1993), The Drums of Autumn (1996), The Fire Cross (2000), The Breath of Snow and Ash (2005), The Echo of the past ”(2009),“ It is written with the blood of one’s own heart ”(2013) made up a complete series of works of the saga. However, whether it ended, Diana has not yet decided. Despite the fact that several books have seen a decline in the reader's interest, fans eagerly follow the release of new novels by a talented writer, whom Diana Gabledon admitted to all. "The breath of snow and ash," according to many, is particularly distinguished in a series of books "Alien."
In the early 2000s, Diana Gabledon, whose books were stably recognized in literary circles, began work on a new saga called "Lord John." Adventure Gothic has again found a response in the souls of faithful readers.
Diana's works are often among the best sellers in the most authoritative ratings. Popularity is growing every year, books are successfully translated into different languages and published abroad.
Screen adaptation of the saga "Alien"
The interest in "Alien" was so great that in 2014 two seasons of the same series were shot. The writer herself took part in writing the script. Starring Katrina Balf, Sam Hyuen and Tobias Menzies. A semi-mystical time-travel adventure has attracted even an audience that was not familiar with Diana Gabledon’s novels.
Despite the long-standing stable popularity in literary circles, Diana Gabledon, whose books continue to be published with success, leads a very calm, family lifestyle, spending all evenings in the company of her husband Doug Watkins.