David Black

David Black is the author of the “Harry Gilmour” novels set in the Royal Navy submarine service during World War Two.

His latest novel, "By My Sword Alone", however, follows the fortunes of 18th Century soldier of fortune, Chevalier James Lindsay.

A seventh Harry Gilmour novel, "The Spray That Salts Us All", is due for publication early in 2025 from Lume Books.

David also wrote the novella "All the Freshness of the Morning", a fictionalized account of President John F. Kennedy’s epic World War Two service in the South Pacific as Skipper of the US Navy torpedo boat PT109.

David is a former UK national newspaper journalist and TV documentary producer. He now lives in Argyll and writes full time.