Thomas Archbold Cotterell (born 12 May 1963) is an English former cricketer and a novelist.
Cotterell was born at Marylebone in May 1963, and was educated at Downside School, before going up to Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Though largely ineffective with the ball, he did take a five-wicket haul against Essex in 1983, with figures of 5 for 89.
[6] After graduating from Cambridge, Cotterell worked in the City of London as an equities salesman for broking firm Hoare Govett and the investment bank Morgan Stanley.
[7] He left his job in the City in 2000 to pursue his ambition to become a novelist, later writing the psychological thriller What Alice Knew, as well as contributing pieces to The Daily Telegraph.