Nicholas Evans

Nicholas Evans
Born	1950 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England) 1
Occupation	Journalist, screenwriter, TV/film producer, novelist.
Genres	Fantasy, Christian apologetics, Catholic apologetics, Mystery
Influences Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Evans (born July 26, 1950 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England) is an English journalist, screenwriter TV/film producer and novelist. Evans was educated at Bromsgrove School but before studying at Oxford University, he served in Africa with the charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). He then studied journalism and worked as a newspaper reporter and television screenwriter. He lives in Devon. He has a son called Max Evans, who is head of geography at Preston Manor High School, and a daughter, Lauren. He also has another son Harry, from a relationship he had with Jane Hewland, the TV producer famous for Network 7 and Gamesmaster.

His novel, The Horse Whisperer was No.10 on the list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1995 as determined by the New York Times. Made into a motion picture, Robert Redford directed and starred in the film version opposite Kristin Scott Thomas.

He is married to singer/songwriter Charlotte Gordon Cumming.

Evans, Cumming, and several of their relatives were poisoned in September 2008 after consuming Deadly webcap mushrooms that they gathered on holiday. The poisoning was non-fatal, though Evans and the others had to undergo kidney dialysis.^[1]

Bibliography

• The Horse Whisperer (1995)
• The Loop (1998)
• The Smoke Jumper (2001)
• The Divide (2005)

References

External links

• Nicholas Evans at the Internet Movie Database

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