David Arrowsmith
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David Arrowsmith

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David Arrowsmith is the author of the narrative non-fiction books Narcoball : Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia (Cassell, 2024) and the forthcoming Killing Maradona : How Cocaine, the Camorra and Crime Corrupted Football's Greatest Talent (Cassell, 2026). Prior to embarking on his career as a full time writer, he worked in the television industry for over 20 years – originating, developing and producing documentaries and unscripted programming for companies such as October Films, DSP, OSF, Zig Zag, Channel 5, Granada Television and the BBC. He is passionate about sport, history, biography and true crime, and some of his key documentary commissions include 1966: Who Stole the World Cup?, Hatton, Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty, 8 Days That Made Rome and Adolf & Eva: Love & War. He was also involved in the development of the award-winning, Nobel Peace Prize-nominated documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields. He is also the author of several fiction books including Nevada Noir : A Trilogy of Short Stories, Corona : A Novel and The Drowned (with Christina Gustavson) David was born and raised in London but is proudly half-Colombian. In fact, he is the great-grandson of a former president and directly descended from four more. He now lives with his family in Hove - where his paternal great-grandfather once worked in a butcher’s shop. He has played and watched football for over 35 years and has no plans to stop just yet.
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