Rhianna Pratchett
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Rhianna Pratchett (born 30 December 1976) is an English video game writer and journalist.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She has worked on Heavenly Sword (2007), Overlord (2007), Mirror's Edge (2008) and 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>Template:Cite news</ref>
CareerEdit
Rhianna Pratchett studied journalism at the London College of Printing. Following graduation, Pratchett began writing for Minx magazine, where her first games reviews were published.<ref name="arstechnica">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She moved to the long running PC Zone magazine<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as an editorial assistant, staff writer, eventually becoming a section editor. She wrote for many other publications including The Guardian.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Pratchett moved into script writing and narrative design in 2002 with Beyond Divinity, produced by Larian Studios in Belgium.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Pratchett wrote the comic Tomb Raider: The Beginning with 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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, Good Omens, and Wee Free Men, as well as several other projects; Pratchett was reported as co-writer of The Watch<ref name="newstatesman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but in 2019 she announced she had not been involved in the project "for many years".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
She has also spoken on BBC Radio 1, Radio 4, 5Live and multiple conferences around the world, including Develop, Animex, GDC and TEDx Transmedia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template: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">Terry Pratchett's daughter declares The Shepherd's Crown will be the last Discworld novel Template:Webarchive, The Guardian, 12 June 2015</ref>
In 2023, Pratchett hosted her first radio programme, Mythical Creatures, a ten-part documentary series for BBC Radio 4 about creatures from British folklore. It was first broadcast from 18–29 December 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
WorksEdit
Video gamesEdit
- Beyond Divinity (story editor) – Larian Studios (2004)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Stronghold Legends (writer) – Firefly Studios/2K (2006)<ref name=":0" />
- Heavenly Sword (co-writer/story) – Ninja Theory/Sony (2007)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Overlord (writer/audio co-director) – Triumph Studios/Codemasters (2007)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Overlord: Raising Hell – expansion pack (2008)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Viking: Battle for Asgard (writer) – The Creative Assembly/Sega (2008)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Mirror's Edge (writer) – DICE/EA (2008)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Prince of Persia (additional writer) – Ubisoft Montreal (2008)<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Overlord: Minions (writer) – Climax/Codemasters (2009)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Overlord: Dark Legend (writer/voice director) – Climax/Codemasters (2009)<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Overlord II (writer/voice director) – Triumph/Codemasters (2009)<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />
- Risen (co-writer of English localization) – Piranha Bytes/Deep Silver (2009)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- CSI: Fatal Conspiracy (writer) – Telltale/Ubisoft (2010)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- BioShock Infinite and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea (additional writer) – Irrational Games/2K (2013)<ref name=":1" />
- Tomb Raider (lead writer) – Crystal Dynamics/SE (2013)<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Beat Buddy: Tale of the Guardians (writer) – Threaks (2013)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Thief (story and cinematics) – Eidos Montréal (2014)
- Rival Kingdoms (story and characters) (2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Rise of the Tomb Raider (lead writer) – Crystal Dynamics/SE (2015)<ref name="auto" />
- Overlord: Fellowship of Evil (writer) – Codemasters (2015)
- Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey (story consultant) – Salix Games (2019)
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page (writer) – Sketchbook Games (2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Surgeon Simulator 2 (writer) – Bossa Studios (2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- REKA (lead writer) – Emberstorm Entertainment (2024)<ref>"In 2024, Emberstorm announced Rhianna as lead writer on their new, atmospheric, Slavic inspired base builder game, REKA."</ref>
GamebooksEdit
- Crystal of Storms (Fighting Fantasy) – published by Scholastic (2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Other booksEdit
- Campaigns & Companions: The Complete Roleplaying Guide for Pets (with Andi Ewington) - published by Rebellion (2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch (with Gabrielle Kent) - published by Penguin Books (2023)
Tabletop gamesEdit
- Bardsung (lead writer and narrative designer) – Steamforged Games<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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ComicsEdit
- Mirror's Edge #1 to #6 – published by DC Comics (2008)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Tomb Raider: The Beginning – published by Dark Horse Comics (2013)
- Legends of Red Sonja #3 – published by Dynamite (2014)
- Tomb Raider #7 to #18 – published by Dark Horse Comics (2014–2015)
Film and televisionEdit
Pratchett has appeared in the documentaries Games Britannia,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Critical Path<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and Charlie Brooker's How Video Games Changed the World.Template:Citation needed
AchievementsEdit
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015) – Won Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing at 68th Writers Guild of America Awards 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Won Outstanding Achievement in Character for Lara Croft at 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards 2016<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Risen (2009) – co-nominated for a WGGB award 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Won the European Women in Games Hall of Fame Award in 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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