After wooing our hearts for seven seasons and 11 years, Outlander has finally outpaced its source material. Author and creator Diana Gabaldon has written nine books in her main Outlander saga over the past 34 years, with the publishing date for her highly anticipated tenth and final installment, A Blessing for a Warrior Going Out , still pending. Instead of pausing production until Gabaldon releases the official culmination of her magnum opus, Outlander 's upcoming eighth season will complete the television version of her sprawling, sensual, and deeply romantic period drama .
Gabaldon shared "little pieces of book 10" with showrunner Matthew B. Roberts ahead of Season 8, which Roberts and his team dutifully incorporated. However, the author elaborated about the