Anna Masterton Buchan – O. Douglas: This author was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 24 March 1877. The daughter of a minister and the sister of John Buchan, Anna Buchan was educated at Hutcheson’s Grammar School in Glasgow. Most of her life was spent in Peebles and her home appears in her writing as Priorsford. The novels of Anna Buchan were written under the name O. Douglas:
Olivia in India – 1912
The Setons – 1917
Penny Plain – 1920
Ann and her Mother – 1922
The Proper Place -1926
Jane’s Parlour – 1937
People Like Ourselves – 1938
Unforgettable, Unforgotten – 1945 – a biography of her family
Farewell to Priorsford – 1950 – autobiography, published posthumously
Anna Buchan died in Peebles in 1948.