Andrew Cotter is an award-winning broadcaster and bestselling writer. Over a 25-year career, primarily with the BBC, he has led their coverage on rugby, golf, athletics and tennis, and memorably described the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, to glowing reviews.

In 2020, after his dogs became viral sensations over lockdown, he published the bestselling memoir Olive, Mabel and Me, and in 2021 was followed up with a second memoir Dog Days. The Owl Carver is Andrew's first novel.