Wikipedia:Kim MacAskill

Early Life
MacAskill was born and raised in Maryhill, Glasgow by Scottish Catholic parents and is the second oldest of ten children. Following her parents divorce, Kim attended Grange Academy in Kilmarnock. After leaving school, MacAskill attended the University of Stirling and graduated with a BSc in Psychology. During her studies, MacAskill started her career in Stand Up Comedy at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh, a venue that has also helped launch the careers of Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas, Peter Kay, Dara Ó Briain, Kevin Bridges, Daniel Sloss and Michael McIntyre. During this time, MacAskill was open in discussing themes of poverty, growing up in a violent home, religion and the treatment of women in the comedy industry.

MacAskill was born and raised in Maryhill, Glasgow by Scottish Catholic parents. MacAskill started her career in Stand Up Comedy at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh, a venue that has also helped launch the careers of Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas, Peter Kay, Dara Ó Briain, Kevin Bridges, Daniel Sloss and Michael McIntyre. During this time, MacAskill was open in discussing themes of poverty, growing up in a violent home, religion and the treatment of women in the comedy industry.

Television
Moving away from Stand Up in her mid 20s, Kim continued to work with the British comedy scene as a writer and producer. Her work featured regularly on shows Mock the Week, 8 out of 10 Cats, Only an Excuse, Sketchland and Short Stuff. MacAskill also attended the National Film and Television School and graduated with a diploma in Script Development. MacAskill has been at the key development stages for television scripts across companies MGM, BBC and Rotten Park Road Moving away from Stand Up in her mid 20s, Kim continued to work with the British comedy scene as a writer and producer. Her work featured regularly on shows Mock the Week, 8 out of 10 Cats, Only an Excuse, Sketchland and Short Stuff. MacAskill also attended the National Film and Television School and graduated with a diploma in Script Development. MacAskill has been at the key development stages for television scripts across companies MGM, BBC and Rotten Park Road

In 2018, MacAskill took on Script Development roles for Dreaming Whilst Black (2019).

Games
In 2019, MacAskill moved to Playground Games to work on a new AAA RPG (yet to be announced) along with two other Rocksteady writers, Martin Lancaster and Craig Owens. In 2019, MacAskill moved to Playground Games to work on a new AAA RPG (yet to be announced) along with two other Rocksteady writers, Martin Lancaster and Craig Owens.

In 2018, MacAskill led a letter signed by 10 of 16 female Rocksteady Studios employees following allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination. The Guardian reported the incident on August 2020 which was followed by MacAskill releasing a statement in which she asked for her name to be formally removed from the game due to company's alleged complacency in handling the issues.

In April 2021, MacAskill co-wrote the game script play of Alba from Destruction Allstars.