Victoria Coren Mitchell

Victoria Coren Mitchell (born Victoria Elizabeth Coren on 18 August 1972 in Hammersmith, West London) is a British writer, television presenter and professional poker player. The daughter of the humorist and journalist Alan Coren, she began in print as a teenager, winning a Daily Telegraph competition to write a column about teenage life, and she still writes weekly columns for that newspaper. Since its launch in 2008 she has hosted the BBC television quiz show Only Connect, for which she also writes questions under a pseudonym. Her broadcasting career includes presenting and commentating on televised poker for Channel 4, Sky Sports and ITV2, and she was the first player to win two European Poker Tour Main Events. Her books include the poker memoir For Richer, For Poorer.