Nicholas Benbow Evans (26 July 1950 – 9 August 2022) was a British journalist, screenwriter, television and film producer, and novelist. He was best known for his 1995 debut novel, The Horse Whisperer. This novel sold over fifteen million copies and was adapted into a film.

Nicholas Evans was born and grew up in Worcestershire, England. He studied law at Oxford University, graduating with first-class honors. Afterward, he worked as a journalist for three years on the Evening Chronicle in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He then moved into television, producing films about US politics and the Middle East for a weekly current affairs program called Weekend World. In 1982, he began producing arts documentaries about famous writers, painters, and filmmakers, several of which won international awards.

In 1983, Evans made a film about the great British director David Lean, who became a friend and mentor, encouraging him to switch from fact to fiction. For the next ten years, Evans wrote and produced several films for television and cinema. In 1993, he met a blacksmith in the far South-West of England who introduced him to the concept of horse whisperers, inspiring his first novel.

Published in the fall of 1995, The Horse Whisperer became a number one bestseller in about 20 countries and was translated into 36 languages. It was made into a movie starring, produced, and directed by Robert Redford.

Evans wrote four more novels following his debut: The Loop, The Smoke Jumper, The Divide, and The Brave. He lived in the south-west of England in a 14th-century house on the banks of the River Dart in Devon with his wife, singer/songwriter Charlotte Gordon Cumming.