Brian Highley

Brian Highley (born 22 December 1943 in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English writer and watercolour artist.

Biography Brian Highley was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Following a short career in teaching, he became involved with the music industry and is credited (in Elton John's 2019 autobiography Me and in Ben Graham's 2020 book Pink Floyd are Fogbound in Paris) with giving Elton John his first major gig at the ill-fated August 1970 Yorkshire Folk, Blues and Jazz Festival (the Krumlin Festival). His music promotion career continued into the late 1970s with events headlined by the Police, the Stranglers, the Pretenders, and many of the chart bands from the punk era.

He was a UK TV scriptwriter for Spitting Image, and feature writer for national magazines.

In 1984 Highley became a UK question writer for Trivial Pursuit. In Pursuit of Trivia (2015), (a memoir) rewrite Second Edition October 2021. Stuff They Didn't Teach You in School (2017), (a miscellany of unusual and humorous facts) The Quizmaster's Quiz Book (2019) Quizmaster's Multiple Choice Quiz Book (2021) City, Town and Village Trivia (2020) (Lesser known facts about locations in England, Scotland and Wales) 70 Years of Number One Hits, Amazon, November 2022. ’’The Quizmaster’s Second Multiple Choice Quiz Book’’ 2000 questions with multiple choice answers. Amazon, January 2024.