Author Nicholas Evans who wrote The Horse Whisperer dies aged 72 after suffering heart attack - Daily Mail

Author Nicholas Evans, famed for writing The Horse Whisperer, has died aged 72 following a heart attack.

The best-selling author, screenwriter and journalist passed away suddenly on Tuesday, his literary agency confirmed today. .

A statement released this morning 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 following a heart attack, aged 72.'.

The Horse Whisperer, published in 1995, sold around 15 million copies worldwide and was the number one bestseller in 20 countries.

It was Evans' debut novel and follows a complex and talented trainer who is hired to help an injured teenager and her horse back to health after a severe injury. .

Bestselling English author Nicholas Evans poses during a portrait session held in Paris in January 2012.

The Horse Whisperer, published in 1995, sold around 15 million copies worldwide and was the number one bestseller in 20 countries.

The best-selling author passed away suddenly on Tuesday, his agency confirmed in a statement released this morning.

Evans is famed for writing bestselling novel The Horse Whisperer.

'But with The Horse Whisperer I could see the story laid out before me, like stepping stones across a river.

The famed author passed away following a heart attack on Tuesday.

The author, his singer-songwriter wife Charlotte along with her brother and sister-in-law suffered kidney failure and endured dialysis following the incident

Evans, then 61, said his daughter's donation - which took place at Hammersmith Hospital last July - had given him his life back

In an interview following the incident Nicholas said: ‘I took the mushrooms back to the house, showed them around and the general comment was, “Fantastic!”