Her father, Terry Pratchett, is the best-selling fantasy and children's fiction author, famous for the Discworld series of novels.

After finishing a journalism degree, Pratchett got her first big break at the magazine Minx, which she describes as a "funky" magazine for young women, adding "shame more women's magazines aren't like that these days".

Computer games

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.

Games narrative is getting better, but we still have a long way to go. As the industry looks towards attracting a greater share of the mainstream audience, improving the way our games are told, as well as how they are played, will be more important than ever.

In September 2006, Edge magazine placed her among the 'Game Industry's 100 Most Influential Women'.

• Mirror's Edge by EA DICE
• Dungeon Hero by Firefly Studios
• Overlord by Triumph Studios
• Dark Legend by Climax Group
• Minions by Climax Group
• Overlord II by Triumph Studios
• Prince of Persia by Ubisoft (additional dialogue, main writer Andrew S. Walsh)
• Risen by Piranha Bytes (English localization)

Other works

Pratchett has written a fantasy novella titled Child of Chaos, distributed with the computer role-playing game Beyond Divinity. She has written scripts and storyline for several games, including Heavenly Sword and Overlord. She was nominated twice for the Writer's Guild of Great Britain's 2008 Awards for Best Video Game Script, for Heavenly Sword (together with co-writers Tameem Antoniades and Andy Serkis) and Overlord.