Anne Donovan is a Scottish author from

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

best known for her novel ''Being Emily'' (2012). Her short story collection ''Hieroglyphics and Other Stories'' was published in 2001. This is currently one of the prose set texts for Scottish Literature in Scottish schools. Her first novel, ''

Buddha Da ''Buddha Da'' (2003) is a novel by Scottish author Anne Donovan. It was shortlisted for the 2003 Orange Prize, and the 2003 Whitbread Book Award for a first novel. Plot summary The book takes a mostly light-hearted look at what might happ ...

,'' was shortlisted for the

Orange Prize The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

in 2003. A second novel, ''Being Emily'', followed in 2012. Her novel ''Gone Are The Leaves'' (2014) was short-listed for the 2014 Saltire Scottish Literary Book of the Year Award.

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*Nicol, Christopher 'Anne Donovan's Buddha Da' Scotnote No 27 (Glasgow: ASLS Publications, 2010)

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