Nicholas Lezard is an English journalist and literary critic.
Lezard has a weekly column, 'Nicholas Lezard's choice', reviewing paperback books for The Guardian. He also writes for The Independent, and contributes the 'Down and Out' column for the New Statesman His book The Nolympics: One Man's Struggle Against Sporting Hysteria was published in 2012 by Penguin Books. Lezard's memoir, Bitter Experience Has Taught Me, about his life after a marriage ended, was published in 2013.
He is represented by Derek Johns of the United Agents literary and talent agency.