Pullein-Thompson was born in Wimbledon. Her father, Harold Pullein-Thompson, had the
Military Cross and her mother,
Joanna Cannan, was an author credited with starting the idea of pony books in 1936. The family home was a villa in the suburb of
Wimbledon. Her father was badly wounded in the war and in frequent pain with related bad temper. He had earned the
Military Cross. He had just survived when many of his fellows had been killed. The life that they led as children became the subject of many of their books. The riding school brought in extra money as the three sisters taught others to ride. In 1946, she had a share in her first book
It Began With Picotee, which the three sisters had created together in 1941. Her sisters each published a book of their own the same year, but Christine's first solo book,
We Rode to the Sea, was not published until 1948. but Diana was denied entry to the USA in 1952, as the medical revealed that she had
tuberculosis. Christine returned to be with her She was a member of
PEN International, where her elder sister was President. She also started two groups of
Riding for the Disabled. Besides running the stables she surrounded herself with animals and her four children were all members of the
Pony Club. ==Death and legacy==