Brave (Evans)

Author Bio
• Birth—July 26, 1950
• Where—Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK
• Education—Oxford University 
• Currently—lives in Devon, England

Nicholas Evans is an English journalist, screenwriter, television and film producer, and novelist.

He was born at in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, and 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.

His 1995 novel, The Horse Whisperer was No.10 on the list of bestselling novels in the United States according to the New York Times and, with 15 million copies sold, one of the best-selling books of all time.

In the UK, The Horse Whisperer was listed on the BBC's Big Read, a 2003 survey with the goal of finding the "nation's best-loved book." Made into a motion picture in 1998, Robert Redford directed and starred in the film version opposite Kristin Scott Thomas, along with Scarlett Johansson and Sam Neill.

Evans lives in Devon. His son, Max Evans, is head of geography at Preston Manor High School. He has a daughter, Lauren and another son Harry, from a relationship he had with Jane Hewland, the TV producer famous for Network 7 and Gamesmaster. Evans 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. (From Wikipedia.)