Michael Legat

Michael Legat
Born	24 March 1923(1923-03-24) London
Died	15 August 2011(2011-08-15) (aged 88) Sussex
Pen name	Michael Legat
Occupation	publisher, novelist
Language	English
Nationality	British
Period	1972-2011
Genres	Romance
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Michael Legat (March 24, 1923 – 15 August 2011) was a British writer of writers' guides and romance novels. He was an associate vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association.^[1] 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.^[2]

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 and sources

1. ^ RNA Officers, http://www.rna-uk.org/index.php?page=officers 
2. ^ Michael Legat Official Webpside, http://www.bookends.clara.net 

Persondata
Name	Legat, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	English publisher and novelist
Date of birth	March 24, 1923
Place of birth	London
Date of death	August 15, 2011
Place of death	Sussex