David Donachie (1944 – 21 December 2023) was a British nautical historical novel novelist.
He also wrote under the pen-names Tom Connery and Jack Ludlow as well as, from 2019, "Jack Cole".
Donachie was elected to the Management Committee of the Society of Authors in 2014 and became chair in March 2016.
[1] Born in Edinburgh, Donachie lived in Deal, Kent, with his novelist wife Sarah Grazebrook.
[3][4] As of 2016[update], there were 27 books published under his own name and 20 under his pen-names.