| Nicola Legat | |
| Nationality: | New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Publisher |
| Known For: | Work at Massey University Press, Te Papa Press, North & South, Metro |
| Website: | Profile on Massey University website |
Nicola Legat is a New Zealand publisher and journalist.
Legat is currently the publisher of Massey University Press (since 2015) and Te Papa Press (since 2016).[1] Books published by the two presses have regularly been selected as New Zealand and Australia book awards finalists and winners.[2]
Previously, Legat had a career as a journalist and editor in New Zealand magazines, including as senior writer for North & South and Metro. She later became Deputy Editor and then from 2001 to 2005 Editor of Metro.[3] [4] [5] Prior to joining Massey University Press, Legat was for 10 years Publishing Director of Random House New Zealand, then New Zealand's largest domestic publisher.[1]
Legat is also the chair of the New Zealand Book Awards Trust and deputy chair of the Auckland Readers and Writers Festival Trust.[6]
Legat holds a MA Hons (First Class) from the University of Auckland.[7] In May 2018, she was made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to publishing.