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==Life==
Pullein-Thompson was born into a notable family. Her father, [[Harold Pullein-Thompson]], had the [[Military Cross]] and her mother, [[Joanna Cannan]], was a prolific and successful author. She was the first of twins. She had an elder sister and an elder brother. He adopted his mother's name and become an actor and a successful comedy playwright as [[Denis Cannan]]. All the sisters became writers.<ref name=oo>{{Cite web|title=Thompson, Josephine Mary Wedderburn Pullein- (1924–2014),
The family home was a villa in the suburb of [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]. Diana's father was badly wounded in the war and in frequent pain (and a bad mood). He had earned the [[Military Cross]]. He had just survived when many of his fellows had been killed.<ref name=diana/> He had been a teacher but he then sold fridges and had a game company,<ref name=gg/> but it was her mother who made more money writing pony books on the kitchen table.
The family moved to [[Rotherfield Peppard]] in Oxfordshire where their large house, The Grove, had its own stables. The girls learned to ride and competed in events.<ref name=gg/> In time they would describe their country childhood in their joint autobiography ''Fair Girls and Grey Horses'' (2014).<ref name=fair>{{Cite book|last=Pullein-Thompson|first=Christine|url=https://books.google.
When Diana was fourteen and her big sister fifteen they abandoned education and started a riding school at their home.<ref name=rr>{{Cite web|title=PULLEIN-THOMPSON, JOSEPHINE (WRITER) Reference: MS 5120|url=https://collections.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/collections/josephine-pullein-thompson-collection/|url-status=live|access-date=23 June 2020|website=Reading University}}</ref> The riding school brought in extra money as the three sisters taught others to ride.<ref name=diana>{{Cite news|last=Fryer|first=Jonathan|date=2015-11-05|title=Diana Pullein-Thompson obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/05/diana-pullein-thompson|access-date=2020-06-23|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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