Ira Levin was born in New York on August 27, 1929. He was educated at Drake University in Des Moines and New York University. He served in the US Army Signal Corps from 1953 until 1955. Ira Levin has married twice and has three sons.
In 1953 he has published ‘A kiss before dying’, for which he received the Edgar Allan Poe Award. His second novel was ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, published in 1967. His last novel is called ‘The boys from Brazil’, published in 1976.
On november 12th 2007 Levin died in New York.