Michael Legat

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Michael Legat was born on 24 March 1923 in London, England, UK. He began writing at a very early age. He devoted his career to publishing and also wrote a book for authors. After a long and successful career as Editorial Director of Corgi Books and later of Cassell during 35 years, in 1978 he decided to leave the trade and take up writing full time. In 1980 his first novel, Mario's Vineyard was published and this was followed by a series of other novels and highly-acclaimed how-to books for writers, that its sales currently stand at over 200,000 copies. Michael Legat remaid heavily involved in the publishing industry, has served on various committees, was the president of two writers' circles and was a associate vice-presidents of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Michael passed away on 15 August 2011 in Sussex, England.

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Legats Writing Guide Historical Novels
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Understanding Publishers' Contracts
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Authors' Guide to Literary Agents
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Mario's Vineyard
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The Nuts and Bolts of Writing
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Plotting the Novel
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Writing for Pleasure and Profit
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The Cast Iron Man
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The Silver Fountain
Representative edition published 2001
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Non-fiction books
Representative edition published 2001
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The Shapiro diamond
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The silk maker
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Writing for a Living (Writing Handbooks)
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Revision
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Writing Your Life Story
Representative edition published 1999
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An author's guide to publishing
Representative edition published 1998
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The Writer's Rights (Books for Writers)
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We beheld His glory
Representative edition published 1988
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The illustrated dictionary of Western literature
Representative edition published 1987
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Putting on a play
Representative edition published 1984
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Les vignes de San Cristobal
Representative edition published 1982
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Dear author -- : letters from a working publisher to authors, prospective and practised
Representative edition published 1972
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They Read Books and Go to Cocktail Parties
Representative edition published 2000
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Michael Legat Writer's Guides
Representative edition published 1999
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