“Rosemary’s Baby,” “Stepford Wives” author Ira Levin, 78
Posted: Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 12:56 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Best-selling writer Ira Levin, whose novels included the horror classic “Rosemary’s Baby,” the Nazi thriller “The Boys From Brazil” and the satirical fantasy “The Stepford Wives,” has died. He was 78.
Levin suffered a fatal heart attack in his Manhattan apartment on Monday, said agent Phyllis Westberg. …
Levin began working as a TV writer before finishing his first novel, “A Kiss Before Dying,” a murder mystery that was an instant success. His debut won the Edgar Allan Poe Award as the best first novel of 1953. …
Levin also wrote the long-running Broadway hit “Deathtrap,” which debuted in February 1978. … Read full obituary
