Nicholas Evans, the bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer, has died at the age of 72.
Evans’ 1995 novel The Horse Whisperer sold 15m copies worldwide, becoming the number one bestseller in 20 countries.
The novelist, who was also an award-winning documentary-maker, went on to write four more bestselling novels: The Loop, The Smoke Jumper, The Divide and The Brave.
He was also diagnosed with malignant skin cancer while writing The Horse Whisperer in 1994.