American fiction novelist Diana Gabaldon speaks to a full room at the 2015 Southern Kentucky Book Fest, held at the Knicely Conference Center on Saturday, April 18, 2015. The WKU Libraries-sponsored event is one of the state’s largest literary events and drew thousands of readers of all ages to meet and have their books signed by authors. Gabaldon, the keynote speaker of the event, is author of the famed Outlander series, which was adapted for television on Starz in 2. WILLIAM KOLB/HERALD