Nicholas Evans

Nicholas Evans (1950–2022) was a British journalist, screenwriter, and television and film producer who also wrote novels, and he was best known for his 1995 debut, The Horse Whisperer, which sold over fifteen million copies and was adapted into a film. Before turning to fiction, he worked as a reporter for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Evening Chronicle and then at London Weekend Television, where he was executive producer of The South Bank Show from 1982 to 1984. His later novels include The Loop and The Smoke Jumper.