David Arrowsmith Author
@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social
Author of Killing Maradona & Narcoball.
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Check out all my books here ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/DavidArrowsmithAuthor
Agent: @jonwoodagent.bsky.social
Vamos!
🤯 Killing Maradona is a #1 Best Seller!
🎯 No.1 in Football Biographies
No.2 in True Accounts of Organised Crime - only behind London Falling
No.2 in South American Football - sandwiched between 2 books on Ronaldo who is NOT South American! 😂
AND it’s only 99p right now!
🎯 No.1 in Football Biographies
No.2 in True Accounts of Organised Crime - only behind London Falling
No.2 in South American Football - sandwiched between 2 books on Ronaldo who is NOT South American! 😂
AND it’s only 99p right now!
October 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
🤯 Killing Maradona is a #1 Best Seller!
🎯 No.1 in Football Biographies
No.2 in True Accounts of Organised Crime - only behind London Falling
No.2 in South American Football - sandwiched between 2 books on Ronaldo who is NOT South American! 😂
AND it’s only 99p right now!
🎯 No.1 in Football Biographies
No.2 in True Accounts of Organised Crime - only behind London Falling
No.2 in South American Football - sandwiched between 2 books on Ronaldo who is NOT South American! 😂
AND it’s only 99p right now!
Tfw you’re not nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year (again) but you know thousands of people are reading and loving Killing Maradona and Narcoball anyway…
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October 1, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Tfw you’re not nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year (again) but you know thousands of people are reading and loving Killing Maradona and Narcoball anyway…
Today is exactly 3 yrs since I quit my job in telly after 20 yrs working in documentaries and sat down to write Narcoball.
It’s also the day every year that Billie Joe Armstrong wakes up.
So, there you go.
Anyway, thank you everyone for all your support.
Vamos!
It’s also the day every year that Billie Joe Armstrong wakes up.
So, there you go.
Anyway, thank you everyone for all your support.
Vamos!
October 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Today is exactly 3 yrs since I quit my job in telly after 20 yrs working in documentaries and sat down to write Narcoball.
It’s also the day every year that Billie Joe Armstrong wakes up.
So, there you go.
Anyway, thank you everyone for all your support.
Vamos!
It’s also the day every year that Billie Joe Armstrong wakes up.
So, there you go.
Anyway, thank you everyone for all your support.
Vamos!
🚨Canada - hurry! 🇨🇦🍁
Fewer than 12hrs remain on the $1.99 e-book promo for Killing Maradona on the z-o-n… 📕
At that price you’d be mad not to! 🤯
Go go go! 🏃♂️💨
Fewer than 12hrs remain on the $1.99 e-book promo for Killing Maradona on the z-o-n… 📕
At that price you’d be mad not to! 🤯
Go go go! 🏃♂️💨
September 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
🚨Canada - hurry! 🇨🇦🍁
Fewer than 12hrs remain on the $1.99 e-book promo for Killing Maradona on the z-o-n… 📕
At that price you’d be mad not to! 🤯
Go go go! 🏃♂️💨
Fewer than 12hrs remain on the $1.99 e-book promo for Killing Maradona on the z-o-n… 📕
At that price you’d be mad not to! 🤯
Go go go! 🏃♂️💨
International break eh?
Need a new book?
Here’s two…
Need a new book?
Here’s two…
September 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
International break eh?
Need a new book?
Here’s two…
Need a new book?
Here’s two…
Bursts of sustained productivity followed by crashes of exhaustion. Doing my best to get back in the saddle and get things moving again after an extended end of summer break - that was much needed after a busy May/June/July with the launch of Killing Maradona and the World Cup…
September 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Bursts of sustained productivity followed by crashes of exhaustion. Doing my best to get back in the saddle and get things moving again after an extended end of summer break - that was much needed after a busy May/June/July with the launch of Killing Maradona and the World Cup…
Been a bit busy juggling a few things the last few days - normal service to be resumed soon though…
September 30, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Been a bit busy juggling a few things the last few days - normal service to be resumed soon though…
So, Lorenzo picks a starting XI perhaps slightly more conservative and experienced than mine.
Ríos and Castaño in midfield, Suárez up front.
Feels big for all 3 of those - for me, at least, I really need to see more than I have from them in a Colombia shirt.
Ríos and Castaño in midfield, Suárez up front.
Feels big for all 3 of those - for me, at least, I really need to see more than I have from them in a Colombia shirt.
September 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
So, Lorenzo picks a starting XI perhaps slightly more conservative and experienced than mine.
Ríos and Castaño in midfield, Suárez up front.
Feels big for all 3 of those - for me, at least, I really need to see more than I have from them in a Colombia shirt.
Ríos and Castaño in midfield, Suárez up front.
Feels big for all 3 of those - for me, at least, I really need to see more than I have from them in a Colombia shirt.
My Colombia starting XI for the game vs Mexico tonight.
Was torn about GK. Not convinced by Montero but don’t rate Mier and Quintana is 32. Would rather have a youngster soon.
Also at 9 - would be happy for Suaréz to start if he scores and gets confidence. Big “if” tho.
Was torn about GK. Not convinced by Montero but don’t rate Mier and Quintana is 32. Would rather have a youngster soon.
Also at 9 - would be happy for Suaréz to start if he scores and gets confidence. Big “if” tho.
September 26, 2026 at 7:39 PM
My Colombia starting XI for the game vs Mexico tonight.
Was torn about GK. Not convinced by Montero but don’t rate Mier and Quintana is 32. Would rather have a youngster soon.
Also at 9 - would be happy for Suaréz to start if he scores and gets confidence. Big “if” tho.
Was torn about GK. Not convinced by Montero but don’t rate Mier and Quintana is 32. Would rather have a youngster soon.
Also at 9 - would be happy for Suaréz to start if he scores and gets confidence. Big “if” tho.
But first, before the middle of the night wake up for Colombia, it’s England.
Wait, haven’t I done this before too?
Fml.
PS - who knows the last team to beat Spain?
Wait, haven’t I done this before too?
Fml.
PS - who knows the last team to beat Spain?
Whoa Deja Vu Matrix Glitch
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September 26, 2026 at 6:32 PM
But first, before the middle of the night wake up for Colombia, it’s England.
Wait, haven’t I done this before too?
Fml.
PS - who knows the last team to beat Spain?
Wait, haven’t I done this before too?
Fml.
PS - who knows the last team to beat Spain?
Spare bed made up. 🛌
Alarm set for 01:40. ⏰
Yup, Colombia are playing a football match on the other side of the Atlantic, again! 🤣
Didn’t I just do this? 🤷🏻♂️
A new era for Los Cafeteros begins tonight in a friendly vs Mexico. 🇲🇽
Vamos!
❤️⚽️🇨🇴
Alarm set for 01:40. ⏰
Yup, Colombia are playing a football match on the other side of the Atlantic, again! 🤣
Didn’t I just do this? 🤷🏻♂️
A new era for Los Cafeteros begins tonight in a friendly vs Mexico. 🇲🇽
Vamos!
❤️⚽️🇨🇴
September 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Spare bed made up. 🛌
Alarm set for 01:40. ⏰
Yup, Colombia are playing a football match on the other side of the Atlantic, again! 🤣
Didn’t I just do this? 🤷🏻♂️
A new era for Los Cafeteros begins tonight in a friendly vs Mexico. 🇲🇽
Vamos!
❤️⚽️🇨🇴
Alarm set for 01:40. ⏰
Yup, Colombia are playing a football match on the other side of the Atlantic, again! 🤣
Didn’t I just do this? 🤷🏻♂️
A new era for Los Cafeteros begins tonight in a friendly vs Mexico. 🇲🇽
Vamos!
❤️⚽️🇨🇴
🚨Signed books alert!
Larndaarn town, I can confirm that @hatchards.bsky.social Piccadilly has signed editions of both Killing Maradona & Narcoball, and @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly has a sneaky signed copy of Narcoball.
Want a signed edition but not in central London? Check out my web shop.
Larndaarn town, I can confirm that @hatchards.bsky.social Piccadilly has signed editions of both Killing Maradona & Narcoball, and @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly has a sneaky signed copy of Narcoball.
Want a signed edition but not in central London? Check out my web shop.
September 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🚨Signed books alert!
Larndaarn town, I can confirm that @hatchards.bsky.social Piccadilly has signed editions of both Killing Maradona & Narcoball, and @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly has a sneaky signed copy of Narcoball.
Want a signed edition but not in central London? Check out my web shop.
Larndaarn town, I can confirm that @hatchards.bsky.social Piccadilly has signed editions of both Killing Maradona & Narcoball, and @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly has a sneaky signed copy of Narcoball.
Want a signed edition but not in central London? Check out my web shop.
Author of Killing Maradona: How Cocaine, the Camorra and Crime Corrupted Football’s Greatest Talent (2026) and Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar’s Colombia (2024).
Half British, half Colombian.
Husband & father.
Find my books and links in my profile.
Half British, half Colombian.
Husband & father.
Find my books and links in my profile.
September 19, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Author of Killing Maradona: How Cocaine, the Camorra and Crime Corrupted Football’s Greatest Talent (2026) and Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar’s Colombia (2024).
Half British, half Colombian.
Husband & father.
Find my books and links in my profile.
Half British, half Colombian.
Husband & father.
Find my books and links in my profile.
👀 COVER REVEAL!
🇭🇺 The brand new Hungarian edition of Killing Maradona will be released exactly one month from today!
Maradona Meggyilkolása is published by Skorpió Könyvek of Budapest.
Love seeing the different artistic approaches to my work taken by different publishers from around the world.
🇭🇺 The brand new Hungarian edition of Killing Maradona will be released exactly one month from today!
Maradona Meggyilkolása is published by Skorpió Könyvek of Budapest.
Love seeing the different artistic approaches to my work taken by different publishers from around the world.
September 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM
👀 COVER REVEAL!
🇭🇺 The brand new Hungarian edition of Killing Maradona will be released exactly one month from today!
Maradona Meggyilkolása is published by Skorpió Könyvek of Budapest.
Love seeing the different artistic approaches to my work taken by different publishers from around the world.
🇭🇺 The brand new Hungarian edition of Killing Maradona will be released exactly one month from today!
Maradona Meggyilkolása is published by Skorpió Könyvek of Budapest.
Love seeing the different artistic approaches to my work taken by different publishers from around the world.
Friday! You made it!
Reward yourself with a new podcast episode for the weekend?
How about this one, celebrating some of the greatest Colombian footballers (and haircuts!) ever to play the beautiful game?
Go on, revel in these 80s & 90s icons!
❤️⚽️🇨🇴
open.spotify.com/episode/2BvV...
Reward yourself with a new podcast episode for the weekend?
How about this one, celebrating some of the greatest Colombian footballers (and haircuts!) ever to play the beautiful game?
Go on, revel in these 80s & 90s icons!
❤️⚽️🇨🇴
open.spotify.com/episode/2BvV...
Ray Mundo Futbol: 535: Late 80's and 90's Colombian Footballers with Author David Arrowsmith
Ray Mundo Futbol · Episode
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September 18, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Friday! You made it!
Reward yourself with a new podcast episode for the weekend?
How about this one, celebrating some of the greatest Colombian footballers (and haircuts!) ever to play the beautiful game?
Go on, revel in these 80s & 90s icons!
❤️⚽️🇨🇴
open.spotify.com/episode/2BvV...
Reward yourself with a new podcast episode for the weekend?
How about this one, celebrating some of the greatest Colombian footballers (and haircuts!) ever to play the beautiful game?
Go on, revel in these 80s & 90s icons!
❤️⚽️🇨🇴
open.spotify.com/episode/2BvV...
It’s Friday!
Who needs a lunchtime listen or new podcast episode for the commute home or weekend?
How about this one, celebrating some of the greatest Colombian footballers ever to play the beautiful game? Go on, revel in these 80s & 90s icons! ❤️⚽️🇨🇴
open.spotify.com/episode/2BvV...
Who needs a lunchtime listen or new podcast episode for the commute home or weekend?
How about this one, celebrating some of the greatest Colombian footballers ever to play the beautiful game? Go on, revel in these 80s & 90s icons! ❤️⚽️🇨🇴
open.spotify.com/episode/2BvV...
Ray Mundo Futbol: 535: Late 80's and 90's Colombian Footballers with Author David Arrowsmith
Ray Mundo Futbol · Episode
open.spotify.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
It’s Friday!
Who needs a lunchtime listen or new podcast episode for the commute home or weekend?
How about this one, celebrating some of the greatest Colombian footballers ever to play the beautiful game? Go on, revel in these 80s & 90s icons! ❤️⚽️🇨🇴
open.spotify.com/episode/2BvV...
Who needs a lunchtime listen or new podcast episode for the commute home or weekend?
How about this one, celebrating some of the greatest Colombian footballers ever to play the beautiful game? Go on, revel in these 80s & 90s icons! ❤️⚽️🇨🇴
open.spotify.com/episode/2BvV...
It’s the end for one of the very greatest in the history of Colombian football. A sad day, as James Rodríguez retires from international football. He made us dare to dream. He won’t be forgotten. I will go to my grave still watching that goal in the 2014 last 16 game vs Uruguay. ❤️⚽️🇨🇴
James Rodriguez's Iconic Colombia Goal
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September 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
It’s the end for one of the very greatest in the history of Colombian football. A sad day, as James Rodríguez retires from international football. He made us dare to dream. He won’t be forgotten. I will go to my grave still watching that goal in the 2014 last 16 game vs Uruguay. ❤️⚽️🇨🇴
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📚 Do you need a new book, or a new gift for the reader in your life?
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📚 Do you need a new book, or a new gift for the reader in your life?
Well, there’s 10% off on my non-fiction on my web shop at the moment - so you can get Killing Maradona and/or Narcoball signed, sealed and delivered direct from me!
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September 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
🚨SALE NOW ON!
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Well, there’s 10% off on my non-fiction on my web shop at the moment - so you can get Killing Maradona and/or Narcoball signed, sealed and delivered direct from me!
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📚 Do you need a new book, or a new gift for the reader in your life?
Well, there’s 10% off on my non-fiction on my web shop at the moment - so you can get Killing Maradona and/or Narcoball signed, sealed and delivered direct from me!
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OTD 1997. 36-year old Diego Maradona scored the last goal of his career; a penalty in Boca Juniors' 2-1 win against Newell's Old Boys at La Bombonera.
Maradona's last competitive game came on 25th October in the superclásico at El Monumental, in which he came off at half time.
Maradona's last competitive game came on 25th October in the superclásico at El Monumental, in which he came off at half time.
September 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
OTD 1997. 36-year old Diego Maradona scored the last goal of his career; a penalty in Boca Juniors' 2-1 win against Newell's Old Boys at La Bombonera.
Maradona's last competitive game came on 25th October in the superclásico at El Monumental, in which he came off at half time.
Maradona's last competitive game came on 25th October in the superclásico at El Monumental, in which he came off at half time.
🚨SALE NOW ON!
📚 Do you need a new book, or a new gift for the reader in your life?
Well, there’s 10% off on my non-fiction on my web shop at the moment - so you can get Killing Maradona and/or Narcoball signed, sealed and delivered direct from me!
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📚 Do you need a new book, or a new gift for the reader in your life?
Well, there’s 10% off on my non-fiction on my web shop at the moment - so you can get Killing Maradona and/or Narcoball signed, sealed and delivered direct from me!
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Books by acclaimed author David Arrowsmith. Non-fiction, sport, football, true crime, crime fiction, thriller, dystopian...
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September 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
🚨SALE NOW ON!
📚 Do you need a new book, or a new gift for the reader in your life?
Well, there’s 10% off on my non-fiction on my web shop at the moment - so you can get Killing Maradona and/or Narcoball signed, sealed and delivered direct from me!
davidarrowsmithauthor.square.site
📚 Do you need a new book, or a new gift for the reader in your life?
Well, there’s 10% off on my non-fiction on my web shop at the moment - so you can get Killing Maradona and/or Narcoball signed, sealed and delivered direct from me!
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Really enjoyed today, speaking to a lovely and engaged crowd, hosted by Hatchery Writers Group, at Hove Library. Lots of brilliant questions in the Q&A at the end too.
September 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Really enjoyed today, speaking to a lovely and engaged crowd, hosted by Hatchery Writers Group, at Hove Library. Lots of brilliant questions in the Q&A at the end too.
Tomorrow, if you are in Brighton & Hove and free do come along!
If you can make it to Hove Library this Saturday, I’m giving a talk entitled Stanger Than Fiction : how to write compelling narrative non-fiction. Starts at 11am. All welcome!
September 11, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Tomorrow, if you are in Brighton & Hove and free do come along!
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If you can make it to Hove Library this Saturday, I’m giving a talk entitled Stanger Than Fiction : how to write compelling narrative non-fiction. Starts at 11am. All welcome!
September 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
If you can make it to Hove Library this Saturday, I’m giving a talk entitled Stanger Than Fiction : how to write compelling narrative non-fiction. Starts at 11am. All welcome!
If you can make it to Hove Library this Saturday, I’m giving a talk entitled Stanger Than Fiction : how to write compelling narrative non-fiction. Starts at 11am. All welcome!
September 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
If you can make it to Hove Library this Saturday, I’m giving a talk entitled Stanger Than Fiction : how to write compelling narrative non-fiction. Starts at 11am. All welcome!
If you can make it to Hove Library this Saturday, I’m giving a talk about writing compelling non-fiction. Starts at 11am. All welcome!
September 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
If you can make it to Hove Library this Saturday, I’m giving a talk about writing compelling non-fiction. Starts at 11am. All welcome!