Rhianna Pratchett
Rhianna Pratchett is a writer best known for her work in videogames, especially the modern Tomb Raider series, and the Overlord series of comic fantasy games. She is best known to Discworld fans as the daughter of Terry Pratchett, and as co-owner of Narrativia, the company which controls the media rights to Pratchett’s works. Several of Pratchett’s novels are dedicated to Rhianna, and he based the character of Esk (at least as she appears in Equal Rites) on her.
Rhianna wrote a screenplay adaptation of The Wee Free Men before Terry’s death, and was given permission to continue the series, but has said there will be no new novels. She has decided to work only on spin-offs, adaptations and tie-ins.[1] Her first published Discworld work will be Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch, co-authored with Gabrielle Kent.[2]
Works
Videogames
- Beyond Divinity (2004)
- Overlord (2007) and sequels
- Heavenly Sword (2007)
- Mirror's Edge (2008)
- Tomb Raider (2013)
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page (2019)
Books
- Crystal of Storms (2020)
- Campaigns & Companions: The Complete Roleplaying Guide for Pets (2021)
- Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch (2023)
Podcast episodes
As host
Rhianna doesn’t host any podcasts regularly, but has appeared as a guest host or narrator.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-30 | PsuedoPod | “The Honey Witch”[3] | pseudopod.org |
As guest
Rhianna has done many podcast interviews, mostly about her career as a games writer.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-05 | Dead Robots Society | “Rhianna Pratchett Interview” | podhoster.com |
| 2010-10-21 | Shift Run Stop | “Rhianna Pratchett” | shiftrunstop.co.uk |
| 2013-03-09 | School of Movies | “Rhianna Pratchett” | podbean.com |
| 2014-11-08 | The Co-optional Podcast[4] | “Interviewing Rhianna Pratchett on the subject of writing diverse characters in videogames” | soundcloud.com |
| 2016-05-12 | Autodesk GameDev | “Rhianna Pratchett” | soundcloud.com |
| 2017-07-13 | Breaking the Glass Slipper | “Writing Video Games with Rhianna Pratchett” | breakingtheglassslipper.com |
| 2018-07-19 | The Co-optional Podcast[4] | “Ep. 222 ft. Rhianna Pratchett & LivinPink” | soundcloud.com |
| 2018-12-21 | Gamereactor TV[5] | “Rhianna Pratchett - Fun & Serious 2018 Interview” | gamereactor.dk (direct mp3 link) |
| 2018-12-24 | Script Lock | “Rhianna Pratchett, Jill Murray, and Cara Ellison” | simplecast.com |
| 2020-09-04 | Writing and Breathing | “Rhianna Pratchett” | writingandbreathing.com |
| 2020-11-27 | Raidercast | “Rebooting Lara Croft - An Interview with Rhianna Pratchett” | spotify.com |
| 2021-06-24 | Author In Your Classroom | “Choose your adventure! with Rhianna Pratchett” | podbean.com |
| 2021-12-15 | The RP Book Club[6] | “Festive Special - Andi Ewington, Rhianna Pratchett and Alex de Campi” | acast.com |
| 2022-01-15 | Fiction Fans | “Author Interview: Campaigns & Companions by Andi Ewington and Rhianna Pratchett” | fictionfanspodcast.com |
| 2022-03-25 | Rough Sketch | “Rhianna Pratchett” | roughsketch.online |
| 2022-04-30 | Naked Gaming | “Monkey Island Discs with Rhianna Pratchett” | thenakedscientists.com |
More to add
External Links
- rhiannapratchett.com - official website
- Rhianna Pratchett on Wikipedia
Footnotes
- ↑ Terry Pratchett's daughter declares The Shepherd's Crown will be the last Discworld novel - The Guardian, 12 June 2015
- ↑ Puffin Signs Pratchett and Kent’s Guide to Being a Witch set in the Discworld - The Bookseller, 1 June 2023; includes Rhianna’s thoughts on continuing the Discworld legacy.
- ↑ Rhianna narrates the story in this episode, written by Kathryn McMahon, so it feels a bit weird to list her as a “guest”.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note that the official site given for the show is the subreddit for the host, Genna Bain.
- ↑ This is a link to the English language version of the show.
- ↑ Official podcast of Rebellion Publishing, publishers of Rhianna’s book Campaigns & Companions.