Acclaimed author Nicholas Evans has died at the age of 72, it has been confirmed.
Evans was best known for penning the book The Horse Whisperer, his debut book, in 1995.
Announcing his death in a statement, his publicists at United Agents said the novelist, screenwriter and journalist died on August 9 following a heart attack.
They said: ‘United Agents are very sad to announce the sudden death of the celebrated best-selling author Nicholas Evans who died suddenly on Tuesday…following a heart attack, aged 72.’
Evans, who hailed from Worcestershire, studied law at Oxford before going on to forge a career in journalism at the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the 1970s.
He specialised in US politics and foreign affairs, including covering the war in Beirut, before publishing his debut novel, The Horse Whisperer, in 1995.
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