Diana Gabaldon hit back with a tongue-in-cheek response to a fan on her social media who claimed the author had spoiled her most recent book.
It came after an Outlander fan asked if the snakes in her local area were inspiration for Jamie and Roger's snake bite story in the ninth Outlander book 'Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone'.
The author responded: "No, but the red racer was responsible for what happened to Jamie at the battle of Kings Mountain..." But one fan of the book series was not impressed, claiming the 71-year-old had "ruined" the ninth book of the series.
