Lea Bayers Rapp

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| birth_name = Lea Bayers

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|07|19}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City

| occupation = writer

| language = English

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| alma_mater = Thomas Edison State College

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| genre = non-fiction, children's fiction

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| notableworks = Put your kid in show biz
Mazel tov! The complete book of Jewish weddings

| spouse = Stanley Rapp

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| children = Ilana Rapp, Justin Rapp

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Lea Bayers Rapp (born July 19, 1946 in Brooklyn){{citation

| title = Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors and Poets

| year = 1988

| editor = Curt Johnson

| page = 458

}} is an American non-fiction and children's fiction writer. Among her books are "Put Your Kid in Show Biz"{{cite news

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xZYTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2QUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2581,6791699&dq=bayers-rapp&hl=en

| work = Family Weekly

| title = A Star is Bred

| first = Eliot

| last = Kaplan

| date = 1982-09-28

| page = 13

| accessdate = 2009-11-14

}} and "Mazel Tov! The Complete Book of Jewish Weddings."{{cite news

| title = Ethnic weddings capture heritage

| date = 2004-08-01

| work = The Olympian

}} She also wrote for periodicals.e.g., {{cite journal

| last = Rapp

| first = Lea Bayers

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BEhaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Lea+Bayers+Rapp%22

| title = Broadway Babies

| journal = Playbill

| volume = 5

| number = 12

|date=October 1987

}}

Lea Bayers was born into a Jewish family{{cite web

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}} from Brooklyn. She holds a BA from Thomas Edison State College.{{citation

| title = World Who's Who of Women 1990/91

| page = 680

}} In 2011, she lives in Sayreville, New Jersey.Olivio, Andrea. [http://sub.gmnews.com/news/2005-04-07/Front_page/007.html "Public invited to meet local authors at library"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130124051334/http://sub.gmnews.com/news/2005-04-07/Front_page/007.html |date=2013-01-24 }}, 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."