Ira Levin

Ira Levin was born and lived in New York City. He wrote several novels, among them A KISS BEFORE DYING, THE STEPFORD WIVES, THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL and SON OF ROSEMARY, all of which have been international bestsellers.

He also wrote to longest-running thriller in Broadway history, DEATHTRAP, and the lyrics of the Barbara Streisand classic, "He Touched Me".

A two-time winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award, he also received the Horror Writers' Association's Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement.

He died in November 2007.

Something strange is happening in the town of Stepford where the men spend their nights doing something secret and the women act like every man's dream of a "perfect" wife.

One young woman watches the dream turn into a nightmare which engulfs her best friend, and realizes that her turn is coming.