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'''Rhianna Pratchett''' (born 30 December 1976) is an English [[video game writer]] and journalist.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Ben |date=27 March 2009 |title=GDC09: Rhianna Pratchett says games should forget about making people cry |url=https://www.engadget.com/2009-03-27-gdc09-rhianna-pratchett-says-games-should-forget-about-making-p.html |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=Engadget |archive-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425095543/https://www.engadget.com/2009-03-27-gdc09-rhianna-pratchett-says-games-should-forget-about-making-p.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multiplay.co.uk/articles.asp?id=129 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216021033/http://www.multiplay.co.uk/articles.asp?id=129 |archive-date=16 February 2005 |title=Rhianna Pratchett interview |publisher=Multiplay UK |date=16 February 2005 |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref> She has worked on ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' (2007), ''[[Overlord (2007 video game)|Overlord]]'' (2007), ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'' (2008) and ''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'' (2013) and its follow up, ''[[Rise of the Tomb Raider]]'' (2015), among others. She is the daughter of fantasy writer [[Terry Pratchett]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-21 |title=Rhianna Pratchett: Fantasy author's quest for mythical creatures |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67762174 |access-date=2024-02-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Rhianna Pratchett studied journalism at the [[London College of Printing]]. and followingFollowing graduation, Pratchett began writing for ''[[Minx (magazine)|Minx]]'' magazine, where her first games reviews were published.<ref name="arstechnica">{{cite web |last=Timmer |first=John |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2007/06/talking-with-rhianna-pratchett-writer-and-co-story-designer-of-overlord/ |title=Talking with Rhianna Pratchett, writer and co-story designer of Overlord |publisher=Ars Technica |date=28 June 2007 |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=23 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123012026/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2007/06/talking-with-rhianna-pratchett-writer-and-co-story-designer-of-overlord/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She moved to the long running ''[[PC Zone]]'' magazine<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/07/rhianna-pratchett-on-retrofitting-story-working-from-bed-and-what-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-could-have-been/|title=Rhianna Pratchett On Working From Bed, Retrofitting Story, And Rise Of The Tomb Raider|date=17 October 2018|website=Kotaku Australia|access-date=15 July 2018|archive-date=29 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829092608/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/07/rhianna-pratchett-on-retrofitting-story-working-from-bed-and-what-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-could-have-been/|url-status=dead}}</ref> as an editorial assistant, staff writer, eventually becoming a section editor. She wrote for many other publications including ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rhianna Pratchett's Profile|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rhiannapratchett|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=3 July 2014|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529002830/https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rhiannapratchett|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pratchett moved into script writing and narrative design in 2002, with ''[[Beyond Divinity]]'', produced by Larian Studios in Belgium.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/features/2014/9/3/5850182/rhianna-pratchett-rise-of-the-tomb-raider|title=Rhianna's rise: Meet the writer behind Tomb Raider|author=russpitts|work=Polygon|date=3 September 2014|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422181344/https://www.polygon.com/features/2014/9/3/5850182/rhianna-pratchett-rise-of-the-tomb-raider|url-status=live}}</ref> She also wrote a novella to accompany the game. In 2007, her work on ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' was nominated for a [[BAFTA]] and a year later she won a Writers' Guild of Great Britain 'Best Videogame Script' award for ''[[Overlord (2007 video game)|Overlord]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/graduation/honorary-awards|title=Honorary Awards 2017|last=UAL|date=8 June 2018|website=UAL|access-date=9 May 2019|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422213523/https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/graduation/honorary-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> Pratchett wrote the comic ''Tomb Raider: The Beginning'' with [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] and the ''Mirror's Edge'' miniseries with [[DC Comics]], along with several of her own short stories. She has contributed to various books on games narrative including ''Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing'' and ''Game Writing: Narrative Skills for Videogames''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.breakingtheglassslipper.com/2017/07/13/writing-video-games-with-rhianna-pratchett/|title=Writing video games with Rhianna Pratchett|first=Megan|last=Leigh|date=13 July 2017|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925171244/http://www.breakingtheglassslipper.com/2017/07/13/writing-video-games-with-rhianna-pratchett/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 2012, she has been co-director of Narrativia Limited, a production company which holds exclusive multimedia and merchandising rights to her father [[Terry Pratchett]]'s works following his death.<ref name="cust">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11471323/It-was-like-having-a-full-sized-hobbit-for-a-father.html|title=It was like having a full-sized hobbit for a father|author=Maureen Paton|date=14 March 2015|publisher=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-date=12 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712101047/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11471323/It-was-like-having-a-full-sized-hobbit-for-a-father.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012 and 2013, Narrativia announced that it would be working on three television projects based on Pratchett's father's works: ''[[The Watch (TV series)|The Watch]]'', ''[[Good Omens (TV series)|Good Omens]]'', and ''[[Wee Free Men#Film|Wee Free Men]]'', as well as several other projects; Pratchett was reported as co-writer of ''The Watch''<ref name="newstatesman">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2012/11/terry-pratchett-sex-death-and-nature|title=Terry Pratchett: Sex, death and nature|date=21 November 2012|publisher=[[New Statesman]]|access-date=22 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314061518/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2012/11/terry-pratchett-sex-death-and-nature|archive-date=14 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/meet-rhianna-pratchett--the-woman-behind-the-lara-croft-backstory-424300.html|title=Meet Rhianna Pratchett – The woman behind the Lara Croft backstory|date=6 October 2016|access-date=6 October 2016|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007194151/http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/meet-rhianna-pratchett--the-woman-behind-the-lara-croft-backstory-424300.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but in 2019 she announced she had not been involved in the project "for many years".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/rhipratchett/status/1160201596950765572?lang=en|title=@rhipratchett on Twitter|last=Pratchett|first=Rhianna|date=10 August 2019|website=Twitter|language=en|access-date=17 February 2020|quote=Just to be clear (since I'm asked this a lot) I am not working on The Watch TV series, and haven't been for many years. The show is under the creative control of BBC Studios.|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225164840/https://twitter.com/rhipratchett/status/1160201596950765572?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref> In a deal announced in April 2020, multiple ''Discworld'' novels are to be adapted for television by Narrativia, Motive Pictures and [[Endeavor Content]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2020/tv/global/terry-pratchett-discworld-endeavor-content-motive-pictures-1234591561/ | title = Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' Series to Be Adapted by Endeavor Content, Motive Pictures | first = Manori | last = Ravindran | date = 28 April 2020 | access-date = 28 April 2020 | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | archive-date = 28 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200428094250/https://variety.com/2020/tv/global/terry-pratchett-discworld-endeavor-content-motive-pictures-1234591561/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

She has also spoken on [[BBC]] Radio 1, Radio 4, 5Live and multiple conferences around the world, including Develop, [[Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games|Animex]], [[Game Developers Conference|GDC]] and TEDx Transmedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPoxtPR-_cw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/pPoxtPR-_cw| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=The Future of the Videogames Writer: Rhianna Pratchett at TEDxTransmedia |publisher=YouTube |date=21 January 2013 |access-date=8 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In June 2015, she said that her father's 41st Discworld novel ''[[The Shepherd's Crown]]'', to be published posthumously later that year, would mark the end of the series, and that no further novels or books of unfinished work would be authorised for publication.<ref name="g_rhi">[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/12/terry-pratchett-daughter-fans-shepherds-crown-last-discworld-novel Terry Pratchett's daughter declares The Shepherd's Crown will be the last Discworld novel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026214057/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/12/terry-pratchett-daughter-fans-shepherds-crown-last-discworld-novel |date=26 October 2019 }}, The Guardian, 12 June 2015</ref>

* ''[[Stronghold Legends]]'' (writer) – [[Firefly Studios]]/[[2K Games|2K]] (2006)<ref name=":0" />

* ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'' (co-writer/story) – [[Ninja Theory]]/[[Sony]] (2007)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vital Game Narrative: A Conversation With Rhianna Pratchett |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/vital-game-narrative-a-conversation-with-rhianna-pratchett |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.gamedeveloper.com |language=en}}</ref>

** ''[[Overlord: Raising Hell]]'' – expansion pack (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/11618/rhianna-pratchett-interview-writing-for-the-overlord|title=Rhianna Pratchett interview: writing for the Overlord|website=Den of Geek|date=19 June 2008|access-date=9 May 2019|archive-date=7 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707234557/https://www.denofgeek.com/games/11618/rhianna-pratchett-interview-writing-for-the-overlord|url-status=live}}</ref>

* ''[[Viking: Battle for Asgard]]'' (writer) – [[The Creative Assembly]]/[[Sega]] (2008)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: 'Viking: Battle for Asgard' a weekend skirmish - CNN.com |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/04/28/viking.asgard/index.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=edition.cnn.com}}</ref>

* ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'' (writer) – [[EA Digital Illusions CE|DICE]]/[[EA]] (2008)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-01-08 |title=Mirror's Edge writer Rhianna Pratchett isn't working on Mirror's Edge 2 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/mirrors-edge-writer-rhianna-pratchett-isnt-working-on-mirrors-edge-2 |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}</ref>

* ''[[Prince of Persia (2008 video game)|Prince of Persia]]'' (additional writer) – [[Ubisoft Montreal]] (2008)<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |author1=Andy Chalk |date=2020-03-27 |title=Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett's new game is out today, exclusively on Stadia |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/tomb-raider-writer-rhianna-pratchetts-new-game-is-out-today-exclusively-on-stadia/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref>

* ''[[Overlord: Dark Legend]]'' (writer/voice director) – [[Climax Group|Climax]]/[[Codemasters]] (2009)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2009-06-28 |title=Rhianna Pratchett ('Overlord') |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a162016/rhianna-pratchett-overlord/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* ''[[Overlord II]]'' (writer/voice director) – [[Triumph Studios|Triumph]]/[[Codemasters]] (2009)<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />

* ''[[Risen (video game)|Risen]]'' (co-writer of English localization) – [[Piranha Bytes]]/[[Deep Silver]] (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rhianna Pratchett – Games|url=http://rhiannapratchett.com/games.php|access-date=26 December 2020|website=rhiannapratchett.com|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111161941/http://www.rhiannapratchett.com/games.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

* ''[[CSI: Fatal Conspiracy]]'' (writer) – [[Telltale Games|Telltale]]/[[Ubisoft]] (2010)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: CSI: Fatal Conspiracy |url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-csi-fatal-conspiracy/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Destructoid |language=en-US}}</ref>

* ''[[BioShock Infinite]]'' and ''[[BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea]]'' (additional writer) – [[Irrational Games]]/[[2K Games|2K]] (2013)<ref name=":1" />

* ''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'' (lead writer) – [[Crystal Dynamics]]/SE (2013)<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tomb-raider-writer-rhianna-pratchett-to-give-pax-a/1100-6458780/|title=Tomb Raider Writer Rhianna Pratchett To Give PAX Australia Keynote With A Twist|first=Eddie|last=Makuch|date=22 October 2018|access-date=15 July 2018|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205033846/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tomb-raider-writer-rhianna-pratchett-to-give-pax-a/1100-6458780/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* ''Beat Buddy: Tale of the Guardians'' (writer) – Threaks (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-02 |title='Beatbuddy' release date announced |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a494913/beatbuddy-tale-of-the-guardians-release-date-announced-for-august/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

* ''[[Space Ape Games|Rival Kingdoms]]'' (story and characters) (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rival Kingdoms from Space Ape |url=https://rivalkingdoms.com/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=rivalkingdoms.com |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401185418/https://rivalkingdoms.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* ''[[Lost Words: Beyond the Page]]'' (writer) – Sketchbook Games (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg247.com/2019/06/07/rhianna-pratchett-lost-words-switch/|title=Pratchett-penned Lost Words: Beyond the Page heads to Switch|date=7 June 2019|access-date=7 June 2019|archive-date=21 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021104846/https://www.vg247.com/2019/06/07/rhianna-pratchett-lost-words-switch/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* ''[[Surgeon Simulator 2]]'' (writer) – [[Bossa Studios]] (2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Surgeon Simulator 2 Store Page |url=https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/surgeon-simulator-2/home |website=Epic Games Store |access-date=26 August 2020 |archive-date=24 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824194945/https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/surgeon-simulator-2/home |url-status=live }}</ref>

* ''Crystal of Storms ([[Fighting Fantasy]])'' – published by [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.denofgeek.com/books/crystal-of-storms-rhianna-pratchett-helps-fighting-fantasy-roleplay-books/|title = With Crystal of Storms, Rhianna Pratchett Helps Reboot Fighting Fantasy Roleplay Books|date = 30 September 2020|access-date = 19 December 2021|archive-date = 19 December 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211219124429/https://www.denofgeek.com/books/crystal-of-storms-rhianna-pratchett-helps-fighting-fantasy-roleplay-books/|url-status = live}}</ref>

* ''Bardsung'' (lead writer and narrative designer) – Steamforged Games<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://steamforged.com/blogs/brands/all-bardsung-guest-writers|title=Here Be Legends: 12 Bardsung Guest Writers|date=20 November 2020|accessdate=28 January 2022|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128183650/https://steamforged.com/blogs/brands/all-bardsung-guest-writers|url-status=live}}</ref>

* ''Mirror's Edge'' #1 to #6 – published by [[DC Comics]] (2008)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/mirrors-edge-2008/mirrors-edge |title=Mirror's Edge |access-date=25 June 2023 |archive-date=25 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625225812/https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/mirrors-edge-2008/mirrors-edge |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pratchett has appeared in the documentaries ''Games Britannia'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1577298/|title="Games Britannia" Joystick Generation (TV Episode 2009) – IMDb|website = [[IMDb]]|access-date=19 December 2021|archive-date=19 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219123857/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1577298/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Critical Path''<ref>{{cite webmagazine |title=Critical Path Celebrates Fifth Year Of Production With 46 New Videos |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/03/02/critical-path-celebrates-fifth-year-of-production-with-46-new-videos.aspx |access-date=25 June 2023 |archive-date=25 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625223723/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/03/02/critical-path-celebrates-fifth-year-of-production-with-46-new-videos.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Charlie Brooker]]'s ''How Video Games Changed the World''.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

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