Biography
After obtaining a journalism degree, Pratchett worked for the magazine Minx.
Her father, Terry Pratchett, is a best-selling fantasy and children's fiction author, famous for his Discworld series of novels. On 14 November 2012, Terry Pratchett announced in an interview that he will leave the intellectual rights for the Discworld series to his daughter who will continue writing for it.
Pratchett specialises in developing the story, humour and characterisation in games. She wrote regularly for the (now defunct) PC games magazine PC Zone and The Guardian newspaper. In September 2006, the video game magazine Edge placed her among the 'Game Industry's 100 Most Influential Women'.
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