Editing Ira Levin (section)

===Novels===
Levin's first novel, ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (novel)|A Kiss Before Dying]]'' (1953), was well received, and he won the 1954 [[Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel|Edgar Award for Best First Novel]]. ''A Kiss Before Dying'' was adapted twice as movies of the same name, first in [[A Kiss Before Dying (1956 film)|1956]] and again in [[A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)|1991]].<ref name="OBIT"/>

Levin's best-known novel is ''[[Rosemary's Baby (novel)|Rosemary's Baby]],'' a horror story of modern-day [[Satanism]] and other [[occult]]isms, set in Manhattan's Upper West Side. In 1968, it was adapted as [[Rosemary's Baby (film)|a film]] written and directed by [[Roman Polanski]]. It starred  [[Mia Farrow]] and [[John Cassavetes]]. [[Ruth Gordon]] won an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] for her performance. Roman Polanski was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium]].

Levin said in 2002, 
<blockquote>"I feel guilty that 'Rosemary's Baby' led to ''[[The Exorcist]],'' ''[[The Omen]].'' A whole generation has been exposed, has more belief in Satan. I don't believe in Satan. And I feel that the strong fundamentalism we have would not be as strong if there hadn't been so many of these books [...] Of course, I didn't send back any of the royalty checks."<ref name=NYT /></blockquote>

Other Levin novels that were adapted as films included the satirical ''[[The Stepford Wives]]'' in [[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|1975]],<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=The Stepford Wives (1975) Screen: 'Stepford Wives' Assays Suburbia's Detergent Set |author-link=Vincent Canby |first=Vincent |last=Canby|date=February 13, 1975 |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D01EFDC1E30E03ABC4B52DFB466838E669EDE}}</ref> again in [[The Stepford Wives (2004 film)|2004]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title=The Stepford Wives (2004) Film Review; Married To a Machine |first=A. O.|last=Scott|date=June 11, 2004 |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0DE2DA1430F932A25755C0A9629C8B63}}</ref> ''[[The Boys from Brazil (novel)|The Boys from Brazil]]'' was adapted as a film released in 1978.

In 1970, Levin wrote the science-fiction novel ''[[This Perfect Day]]'' about a technocratic dystopia, for which he won a [[Prometheus Award]] in 1992.

In the 1990s, Levin wrote two more bestselling novels: ''[[Sliver (novel)|Sliver]]'' (1991) and ''[[Son of Rosemary]]'' (1997). ''Sliver'' was adapted as a [[Sliver (film)|film]] in 1993 by [[Phillip Noyce]]. It starred [[Sharon Stone]], [[William Baldwin]] and [[Tom Berenger]]. ''Son of Rosemary'' (1997) was proposed as a film sequel to ''Rosemary’s Baby''. It was never developed into a film.

[[Stephen King]] has described Ira Levin as the "[[Swiss made|Swiss watchmaker]]" of suspense novels: "Every novel he has ever written has been a marvel of plotting (...) he makes what the rest of us do look like those five-dollar watches you can buy in the discount drug stores."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/06/09/eye.ent.stepford/index.html|title=Babies, wives and Hitlers: 'Stepford Wives' writer Ira Levin, master of suspense|first=Todd|last=Leopold|website=CNN|date=June 10, 2004}}</ref>