Lara Prior-Palmer

Lara Prior-Palmer (born 24 June 1994) is a writer and athlete. In 2013 she became the first woman to win the Mongol Derby, the world's longest horse race,[1] as well as the youngest person ever to complete it.[2][3] She is the niece of British equestrian Lucinda Green.

Rough Magic (2019)

In 2019, Prior-Palmer published her first book, Rough Magic, recounting her experience in the Mongol Derby.[4] The memoir was positively reviewed in publications such as The Washington Post,[5] The Guardian,[6] and The Telegraph.[7] Sarah Moss, writing in The Guardian, stated: 'It's the resistance to the obvious narratives that makes Rough Magic so appealing: the book undermines lazy women-in-the-wilderness tropes at every turn.'[8]


References
  1. "Mongol Derby: Lara Prior-Palmer reflects on victory". BBC Sport: Horse Racing. BBC. August 20, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  2. Attwooll, Joylon (August 12, 2013). "Briton becomes first woman to win Mongol Derby". Telegraph: Travel: Activity and Adventure. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  3. Dunwoody, Richard (August 10, 2013). "Lara Prior-Palmer wins the Mongol Derby in 2013 in dramatic fashion". Daily Race Report. The League of Adventurists international Ltd. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  4. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1115945/rough-magic/9781785038853.html
  5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/at-19-on-a-whim-she-entered-the-worlds-most-grueling-horse-race--and-won/2019/05/29/a2a2dc34-6784-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/08/rough-magic-by-lara-prior-palmer-review
  7. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/win-worlds-wildest-horse-race-told-one-2019s-best-memoirs/
  8. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1115945/rough-magic/9781785038853.html
  • "The Mongol Derby". The League of Adventurists international Ltd. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
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