{{Short description|British writer}} '''Elizabeth Horrocks''' (born 3 May 1946) is an author and winner of the BBC quiz series ''Mastermind''.
==Biography== Horrocks attended Whitchurch Grammar School in Cardiff, a school also attended by fellow writer Andrew Davies. She then graduated from Bristol University in 1967, after which she went on to have a teaching career. Schools at which she taught include The Grove School, Market Drayton, Clayton Hall School in Newcastle Staffs, and Hyde Clarendon College in Hyde, Greater Manchester.
In 1974, Horrocks contested and won the BBC ''Mastermind'' programme, hosted by Magnus Magnusson with specialist subjects Shakespeare's plays, Works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Works of Dorothy L. Sayers.<ref name="Moodie">Moodie, Clemmie (2011) "[https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/2011/03/14/tv-s-mastermind-has-been-dumbed-down-claims-ex-champ-115875-22988224/ TV's Mastermind has been "dumbed down", claims ex-champ]", ''Daily Mirror'', 14 March 2011, retrieved 2011-07-07</ref><ref>[http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Mastermind UK Game Shows - Mastermind]</ref><ref>"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0092nbn Mastermind: 1974 Final - a General Knowledge round]", BBC, retrieved 2011-07-07</ref> Subsequently, she took part in various ''Mastermind'' "Specials", most recently ''Mastermind Champion of Champions'' in 2010, answering questions on "Arthurian Legend", which has been a lifelong subject for her.<ref>[http://www.alderleyedge.com/news/article/2541/mastermind-champion-returns-to-the-chair AlderleyEdge - Mastermind Champion returns to the chair]</ref>
In 2014, she appeared in the TV game show ''Amazing Greys''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amazing Greys - S1 - Episode 2|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/cvh69t/amazing-greys--s1-e2-amazing-greys/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Radio Times|language=en}}</ref>
Horrocks is the author of the Arthurian Trilogy featuring the works ''The Edge of Doom'', ''The Dark Space'' and ''The New Found Land''.<ref>[http://pegasuspublishers.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=479&products_id=655&osCsid=ffaaa0220851f18676b893d6726dc80b Pegasus Eliot MacKenzie Publishers]</ref><ref name="NG">"[http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/5050976.Homework_project_becomes_a_book/ Mid-Cheshire College Student sees her book published]", ''Northwich Guardian'', 11 March 2010, retrieved 2011-07-07</ref> She has a new take on the Arthurian legend with the introduction of time travel mixed with the rural and quiet settings of Alderley Edge in Cheshire.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.recommendedfantasynovels.com/ |title=Recommended Fantasy Novels |access-date=2011-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326151025/http://www.recommendedfantasynovels.com/ |archive-date=2012-03-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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