# Elizabeth Horrocks

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{{Short description|British writer}}
'''Elizabeth Horrocks''' (born 3 May 1946) is an author and winner of the BBC quiz series ''[Mastermind](/source/Mastermind_(TV_series))''.

==Biography==
Horrocks attended [Whitchurch Grammar School](/source/Whitchurch_High_School) in [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff), a school also attended by fellow writer [Andrew Davies](/source/Andrew_Davies_(writer)).  She then graduated from [Bristol University](/source/University_of_Bristol) in 1967, after which she went on to have a teaching career. Schools at which she taught include The Grove School, [Market Drayton](/source/Market_Drayton), Clayton Hall School in Newcastle Staffs, and Hyde Clarendon College in [Hyde, Greater Manchester](/source/Hyde%2C_Greater_Manchester).

In 1974, Horrocks contested and won the BBC ''Mastermind'' programme, hosted by [Magnus Magnusson](/source/Magnus_Magnusson) with specialist subjects [Shakespeare's plays](/source/Shakespeare's_plays),  [Works of J.R.R. Tolkien](/source/J.R.R._Tolkien), [Works of Dorothy L. Sayers](/source/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](/source/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](/source/BBC), retrieved 2011-07-07</ref> Subsequently, she took part in various ''Mastermind'' "Specials", most recently ''[Mastermind Champion of Champions](/source/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](/source/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](/source/King_Arthur) 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](/source/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](/source/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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