Rebecca Donovan is an American novelist. Her books have a special appeal to twenty-somethings, a market category publishers call new adult. Donovan, who had previously worked as an events planner, began as a self-published author, but in 2012, Penguin acquired the U.K. rights to her successful "Breathing" series.

In 2013, she signed a contract with the Amazon.com imprint, Skyscape Publishing. According to The Boston Globe, to celebrate her publishing contract with Amazon, Donovan "took over" the Blithewold Mansion where she planned and held a party together with friends she had worked with at Rafanelli Events.

Rebecca describes herself as an optimistic person, saying "Optimism seeps from every pore of my body. I truly believe that what's supposed to happen... will! In that regard, I don't know how to give up; it's not part of my biological make up." She is passionate and enthusiastic, always throwing her entire self into whatever she does, be it writing or any other endeavor.