William P. McGivern (1922-1982) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels and over 50 screenplays, including the Academy Award-winning The Racket (1951). He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he moved to Hollywood and began writing for television and film. His novels often featured hard-boiled detectives and crime fiction, and his screenplays were often adapted from his own works. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for The Racket, and his novel Odds Against Tomorrow was adapted into a film in 1959. He died in 1982 in Los Angeles, California.
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