Lea Bayers Rapp
| Lea Bayers Rapp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lea Bayers July 19, 1946 Brooklyn, New York City |
| Pen name | Charles Dane (shared) |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Thomas Edison State College |
| Genre | non-fiction, children's fiction |
| Notable works |
Put your kid in show biz Mazel tov! The complete book of Jewish weddings |
| Spouse | Stanley Rapp |
| Children | Ilana Rapp, Justin Rapp |
Lea Bayers Rapp (born July 19, 1946 in Brooklyn)[1] is an American non-fiction and children's fiction writer. Among her books are "Put Your Kid in Show Biz"[2] and "Mazel Tov! The Complete Book of Jewish Weddings."[3] She also writes for periodicals[4] and is a member of the Authors Guild.[5]
Lea Bayers Rapp is a national award-winning journalist and author of over 20 books. Her work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Good Housekeeping, Playbill, New Woman. New Jersey Monthly, Entrepreneurial Woman, Technical Photography, Real Estate Forum, New Jersey Bride, The Knot, New Jersey Business Magazine, Princeton Living, The New York Times, USA Today, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Star-Ledger, The Asbury Park Press, and other international, national and regional publications. Her cover stories for the education issues of New Jersey Monthly magazine have garnered her The Hildy Johnson Award for Top Story of the Year, and the Unity Award in Media and The Society of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence Award. Her other writings have received top recognitions from the National Federation of Press Women, the Society of Professional Journalists, the North Jersey Press Club and New Jersey Press Women. She was also a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors.
A member of the Authors Guild, her well-researched nonfiction books covering topics ranging from business to relationships have been published by Sterling Publishing Company, Wall Street Publications, Kensington Publishing Company and Merit. She also contributed to a humor book published by St. Martin’s Press.
Her syndicated newspaper column Things For Free ran in newspapers in various parts of the country, and she was a columnist and co-columnist for national magazines. Working in the children’s field, she co-wrote an interactive live theater musical for children mounted by The Music Box Players, has written for Family Fun (a Disney publication) and co-wrote an educational audio program for classroom use.
As an instructor, Ms. Rapp has been a faculty member, consultant and/or workshop leader at Seton Hall University, The British-American School of Writing, Middlesex County College, The Cape Writing Workshops for The Cape Cod Writer’s Center, The Metropolitan Writers Conference and the New Jersey Writers Conferences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and lectured in various parts of the country. She appeared as a guest in over 100 radio and television shows throughout the country.
Wearing her editor’s hat, Ms. Rapp is the former editor of Woman’s Interest, a national financial magazine for women, and was features editor at Marketing Insights magazine, both out of Manhattan. She also covered tax reform, being invited to the White House by President Ronald Reagan.
Lea Bayers Rapp was born into a Jewish family[6] from Brooklyn. She holds a BA from Thomas Edison State College[7] and lived in Sayreville, New Jersey.[8]
In 1978 Rapp wrote Smiling Faces, a musical play for children.[9] Claire Martin composed the music for this play.[9]
Books
- 1981 - Put your kid in show biz (Sterling Publishing)
- 1992 - The best public high schools: Where do kids get the best secondary education in New Jersey? (with 4 coauthors; Tomlinson Enterprises)
- 1993 - Life's little destruction book (with coauthors under the pen name Charles Dane; St. Martin's Press)
- 2002 - Mazel tov! The complete book of Jewish weddings (Kensington Books)
References
- ↑ Curt Johnson, ed. (1988), Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors and Poets, p. 458
- ↑ Kaplan, Eliot (1982-09-28). "A Star is Bred". Family Weekly. p. 13. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
|section=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ethnic weddings capture heritage". The Olympian. 2004-08-01.
- ↑ e.g., Rapp, Lea Bayers (October 1987). "Broadway Babies". Playbill. 5 (12).
- ↑ http://www.authorsguild.org/news/member_websites/r.html
- ↑ "Lea Bayers Rapp". Kensington Books.
- ↑ World Who's Who of Women 1990/91, p. 680
- ↑ Olivio, Andrea. "Public invited to meet local authors at library", Old Bridge Suburban, April 7, 2005. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Expected to attend are Sayreville authors Daniel Gary Holderman, Lea Bayers Rapp and Helen Boehm, as well as South Amboy authors Jerry Smith, Chelle Martin, Flo Fitzpatrick, Jim Carney, George Francy and Tom Burkard."
- 1 2 "Smiling faces sometimes. Arr.: Jobete Music Company, Inc., employer for hire of Johnny Dentato". faqs.org. Retrieved 2009-11-14.