Diana Gabaldon hints at brand new Outlander book teasing future of Claire and Jamie Fraser

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Outlander author Diana Gabaldon has signalled that she may go beyond book 10 in the time-travelling saga.The creator of the historical drama also admitted that she kept the first instalment a secret from her husband.The penultimate season of the show is underway and 71-year-old Gabaldon has previously said the book series will last for 10 instalments.

She is currently working on the 'final' one.However, she has now revealed she could continue the series if she struggles to wrap up the story of Jamie and Claire.Speaking to the National Trust for Scotland's latest Love Scotland podcast, she said: "I'm 71 and I don't know how long I will last so I have it in mind that book 10 should be the last to give me a good chance of actually finishing off the series in good order, but you never know."I wrote Outlander for practice -- I was never going to show it to anyone - I just needed to learn what it took to write a novel but things happened and here we all are."So while I at the moment intend book 10 to finish things off it might not work out that way.

I might get further into it and think I can't do it and I can see much more stuff, there's going to have to be eleven. If that happens we'll just deal with things when we get there."I've written the final scene -- which is not to say that I won't rewrite it because I fiddle constantly with stuff.

The language might get picked at but I know what happens. But that scene doesn't necessarily affect what comes before that."The American author also admitted that she wrote the first novel in the fantasy series in secret - not even letting her husband discover what she was working on.She was inspired to write the time travel romance Outlander, set in 18th century Scotland, after seeing a