William Jourdan Rapp (June 17, 1895 - 1942) was a writer and editor in the United States. He wrote plays,[1] novels, and radio scripts. He edited True Story magazine.
Rapp was born in New York City. He graduated from Cornell in 1917[2] and worked as a health inspector in New York City until World War I. He served in France. After the war he also worked in Turkey.[3]
He kept a scrapbook during his time at a YMCA camp in Greece. He went on to edit the popular True Story magazine and various radio series. In 1925 he wrote a piece in the New York Times about French Royalists.[4]
^"NEWS OF THE STAGE:' Substitute for Murder' Descends This Evening on The Ethel Barrymore Theatre". The New York Times. October 22, 1935. p. 16.
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