Plague of Zombies was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America for the “Best Short Mystery Story” the same year. Reviewing the Lord John series, Publishers Weekly'' said that "Gabaldon's prose is crisply elegant" and that she "brings an effusive joy to her fiction that proves infectious even for readers unfamiliar with her work or the period." References External links Official website 1952 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American romantic fiction writers American science fiction writers American women short story writers American women novelists Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumni RITA Award winners American people of English descent American writers of Mexican descent People from Flagstaff, Arizona Writers of historical mysteries Women science fiction and fantasy writers Women romantic fiction writers Women mystery writers 20th-century American women writers Writers of time travel romance 21st-century American women writers Women historical novelists 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers Catholics from Arizona Arizona State University faculty Disney comics writers American historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period