Macdonald Hastings was born on October 6, 1909 in Southwark, London, England as Douglas Edward Macdonald Hastings. He was a writer, known for How They Dug the Victoria Line (1969), In Deepest Britain: Coast to Coast (1965) and Call the Gun Expert (1964). He was married to Anne Scott-James. He died on October 4, 1982.