Author Nicholas Evans, who wrote The Horse Whisperer, has died following a heart attack at the age of 72, literary and talent agency United Agents has said.
A statement said: "United Agents are very sad to announce the sudden death of the celebrated best-selling author Nicholas Evans who died suddenly on Tuesday this week [sic] following a heart attack, aged 72."
Born in 1950 in Worcestershire, England, Evans was educated at the county's Bromsgrove School before reading law at Oxford.
During the 1970s, he worked as a journalist on the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle-upon-Tyne before moving into broadcasting.
He specialised in US politics and foreign affairs, including covering the war in Beirut, before publishing his debut novel, The Horse Whisperer, in 1995.
The Horse Whisperer was later made into a 1998 film. It was directed by Robert Redford, who starred alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill and Scarlett Johansson.
Evans' other books included The Smoke Jumper (2001), The Divide (2005) and The Brave (2010).
Source: Press Association
