History Creator / IraLevin

* ''Theatre/VeronicasRoom'' (1973 play)

* YouHaveToHaveJews: Levin, himself a non-practicing agnostic Jew, generally slips a Jewish character into most of his work; perhaps as a dark joke, the Jewish character's usually doomed. (This is notably subverted in ''The Boys from Brazil''.)

** Arguably ''No Time for Sergeants'' for the comedic version of SouthernFriedPrivate.

* TropeCodifier: Arguably ''No Time for Sergeants'' for the comedic version of SouthernFriedPrivate.

While he worked in a number of genres in his career (his output even includes a Broadway musical), he is most associated with the {{Thriller}}. In particular, he excelled at stories that placed outlandish premises into realistic settings, with plenty of suspense but also heavy doses of satire and BlackComedy. He's been praised by the likes of Creator/StephenKing and Creator/ChuckPalahniuk for his mastery of plotting and pacing.

Ira Levin (1929-2007) was an American novelist and dramatist.

* YouHaveToHaveJews: Levin, himself a non-practicing agnostic Jew, generally slips a Jewish character into most of his work; perhaps as a dark joke, the Jewish character's usually doomed. (This is notably subverted in ''The Boys From Brazil''.)

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!!This author's work includes examples of:

* ChekhovsGun: Levin's work tends to abound in multiple Chekhov's Guns. His skill is in introducing these important plot elements so subtly and naturally that they're only recognizable as such after a second (or third) reading.

* TwistEnding: He loved this, but it often ended up that the twist is even ''more'' shocking than what the audience was anticipating (assuming they didn't [[ItWasHisSled already know what it would be]]).

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Levin's twist endings are so iconic that these days it's hard to find someone who doesn't automatically know that [[spoiler:Rosemary gives birth to Satan's baby and Stepford is full of servile robot wives]], even if they've never read/seen the books/films.

* {{Dystopia}}: ''This Perfect Day''.
* ReligiousHorror: ''Rosemary's Baby'' and ''Son of Rosemary''.
* TropeCodifier: ''Rosemary's Baby'' for ReligiousHorror, ''The Boys From Brazil'' for YouClonedHitler, and arguably ''No Time for Sergeants'' for the comedic version of SouthernFriedPrivate.
* TropeNamer: StepfordSuburbia, StepfordSmiler and StepfordSnarker, by extension from ''The Stepford Wives''.

* ''Literature/RosemarysBaby'' (1967 novel, 1968 film , 2014 miniseries)

While he worked in a number of genres in his career, he is most associated with the {{Thriller}}. In particular, he excelled at stories that placed outlandish premises into realistic settings, with plenty of suspense but also heavy doses of satire and BlackComedy. He's been praised by the likes of Creator/StephenKing and Creator/ChuckPalahniuk for his mastery of plotting and pacing.

* TwistEnding: He loved this, but it often ended up that the twist is even ''more'' shocking than what the audience was anticipating (assuming they didn't [[ItWasHisSled already know what it would be]]).

* TwistEnding: He loved this, but it often ended up that the twist is even ''more'' shocking than what the audience suspected it might be.

* TropeNamer: StepfordSuburbia, StepfordSmiler and StepfordSnarker, by extension from ''The Stepford Wives''.

* ''Literature/SonOfRosemary'' (1997 novel; sequel to ''Rosemary's Baby'')

* ''Literature/SonOfRosemary (1997 novel; sequel to ''Rosemary's Baby'')

* ''Literature/TheBoysFromBrazil'' (1976 novel, 1978 film)