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Michael Legat
Born	(1923-03-24)24 March 1923 London, England, United Kingdom
Died	15 August 2011(2011-08-15) (aged 88) Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Pen name	Michael Legat
Occupation	publisher, novelist
Language	English
Nationality	British
Period	1972–2004
Genre	Romance
Website
www.bookends.clara.net

Michael Legat (24 March 1923 – 15 August 2011)^[1] was a British writer of writers' guides and romance novels. He was Chairman of Swanwick writers' summer school^[2] and an associate vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association.^[3]

Legat was born in London, England. He worked as Editorial Director of Corgi Books and later of Cassell during 35 years, in 1978 he decided to turn to writing full-time.^[4] He died in Sussex, aged 88.

Bibliography

Harcourt Saga

The Silk Maker (1985)
The Cast Iron Man (1987)

Novels

Mario's Vineyard (1980)
The Silver Fountain (1982)
The Shapiro Diamond (1984)
We Beheld His Glory (1988)
The Retiring Highwayman (1998)
Two's a Crowd (2001)
The Prison Within (2001)
The Pure in Heart (2001)

Non Fiction

Dear Author: Letters from a Working Publisher to Authors, Prospective and Practiced (1972)
An Author's Guide to Publishing (1982)
Putting on a Play (1984)
Writing for Pleasure and Profit (1986)
The Illustrated Dictionary of Western Literature (1987)
The Nuts and Bolts of Writing (1989)
How to Write Historical Novels (1990)
Plotting the Novel (1992)
Understanding Publishers' Contracts (1992)
Non-fiction Books: A Writer's Guide (1993)
The Writer's Rights (1995)
An Author's Guide to Literary Agents (1995)
Revision: An Author's Guide (1998)
Michael Legat Writer's Guides (1999)
Writing Your Life Story (1999)
Rehearsal (1999)
They Read Books and Go to Cocktail Parties (2000)
Writing for a Living (2000)
The Ultimate Simple Writer's Guide (2004)

References

^ "Michael Legat: Editorial director of Corgi Books and prolific author". The Independent. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ Martin, Nancy (1983). Venture of Faith - A History of Swanwick. Worthing: H.E. Walter Ltd. ISBN 0-85479-066-7.
^ RNA Officers, archived from the original on 13 February 2009, retrieved 1 February 2010
^ Michael Legat Official Webpside, archived from the original on 5 February 2010

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