And I've just started serious work on it, you might say. I've been carrying that one around in my head for quite a while, so I know quite a bit about it. 'The other major thing that I'm working on right now is the prequel volume, which is the story of Jamie Fraser's parents, Brian and Ellen,' she told T&C. She's also working on a prequel novel about Jamie's parents, and a book about Master Raymond, a time-traveler who plays a small role in the Outlander story. Gabaldon previously shared (and recently confirmed to T&C) that the 10th book will most likely be the end of Jamie and Claire's story-but it won't be her final text in the extended Outlander universe. On Twitter in May 2022, she shared 'I've barely begun Book 10 it'll be awhile.' It's just beginning to bubble, like the tar pits at La Brea, these rising bubbles and there's a lot of bones underneath.'īut don't expect the tome to come out anytime soon. She continued: 'I usually get about an hour and a half to myself at night, when I just think or do my normal office stuff.

I have started writing that, but I'm just poking away at it little by little, because there's so much interference from the book launch stuff going on that I can't work with my usual focus.' When asked about what she's working on next in December 2021, she told T&C, 'On top of the pile would be in the beginnings of book 10. Between doing press for Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, signing tens of thousands of copies of the book for eager fans, and writing for the TV show, the author has still found time to start working on her 10th novel in the Outlander series.

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