Misplaced Pages

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

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. He died in Sussex, aged 88.

Bibliography

Harcourt Saga

1. The Silk Maker (1985)
2. 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

1. "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.
2. Martin, Nancy (1983). Venture of Faith - A History of Swanwick. Worthing: H.E. Walter Ltd. ISBN 0-85479-066-7.
3. RNA Officers, archived from the original on 13 February 2009, retrieved 1 February 2010
4. Michael Legat Official Webpside, archived from the original on 5 February 2010

This article about an English novelist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• English book publishers (people)
• English romantic fiction writers
• 1923 births
• 2011 deaths
• 20th-century English novelists
• People educated at Whitgift School
• 20th-century English businesspeople
• English novelist stubs