The Boy Who Came to Stay

The Pullein-Thompson sisters - Josephine Pullein-Thompson MBE (3 April 1924 - 19 June 2014),[1][2] Diana Pullein-Thompson (1 October 1925 - 21 October 2015),[3] and Christine Pullein-Thompson (1 October 1925 - 2 December 2005)[4] - were British writers, known mainly for their pony books, mostly fictional, aimed at children and mostly popular with girls. They started at a very young age, initially writing collectively, and they were at their peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but their popularity has endured. They also wrote a collective autobiography Fair Girls and Grey Horses. The sisters' books are strongly oriented towards ponies, and for over 60 years they have been much loved by young girls with a strong enthusiasm for horses and ponies. Diana has often written books aimed at a slightly older audience, including some set in London. Christine was the most prolific and also wrote a number of stories which are not specifically concerned with horses or ponies; these are mostly aimed at younger children. Apart from the books listed below, all three sisters have also edited and contributed to various anthologies of horse and pony stories.[citation needed] Wikipedia