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'''Diana Pullein-Thompson''' later '''Diana Farr''' (1925 - 2015) was a British horsewoman and writer known for her [[Pony book|pony books]]. Her mother and two sisters also wrote and together they created a large number of children's books - and many of them were on the theme of horses.
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Diana and Christina intended to be professional horse riders in America, but Diana was denied entry in 1952 to the USA as the medical revealed that she had [[tuberculosis]]. She was sent to recover in Switzerland courtesy of the country's new [[National Health Service]].<ref name=diana>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-05|title=Diana Pullein-Thompson obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/05/diana-pullein-thompson|access-date=2020-06-23|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> When she was better she set out to ride her horse ''Favorita'', all the way from [[John o' Groats|John O’Groats]] to [[Land's End|Land’s End]]. She completed this in six weeks.<ref name=diana/>
She went to work for [[Rosica Colin]] who was a literary agent, but she returned to writing. She married Denis Farr who was another keen rider in 1959. He had to move several times to follow his career,<ref name=denis/> but she
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