Buchan, Anna (1878–1948)
Buchan, Anna (1878–1948)
Scottish novelist. Name variations: (pseudonym) O. Douglas. Born Anna Buchan, 1878, in Perth, Scotland; lived in Peebles; died 1948 in Peebles; dau. of a minister; sister of John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940, writer and politician); attended Hutcheson's Grammar School in Glasgow.
Writings, which often depict Free Church of Scotland communities, include Olivia in India(1912), The Setons (1917), Penny Plain (1920), Ann and Her Mother (1922) and Pink Sugar (1924).
See also autobiography Farewell to Priorsford (1950), and her biography of Buchan family, Unforgettable, Unforgotten (1945).
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