Here’s a new interview with Diana Gabaldon from Zap2it

From Zap2It:

As the first round of voting for the 2015 Emmy Awards comes to a close Friday, June 26, one of the most interesting things to watch hasn’t been a show, but a fandom. 

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“Outlander” fans have launched their own campaign on social media, using the hashtag #EmmysforOutlander to rally the troops as they push for an Outstanding Drama Series nomination for the show and nods for stars Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe and Tobias Menzies. In some instances, they’re going so far as to tag the Television Academy in their tweets in hopes that the right person (or people) will see them.

As part of the effort, the fans organized a mass social media takeover that led to #EmmysforOutlander trending on Twitter in the United States on June 15.

“I’m frequently astonished at both the extent and the enthusiasm of the fandom, but certainly very happy that they feel that way,” author Diana Gabaldon, who published the first “Outlander” novel in 1991, tells  Zap2it. 

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