| Stepford creator |
| Deathtrap" playwright |
| 1954 Edgar Award winner |
| The Stepford Wives" author |
| ''Rosemary's Baby'' author |
| A Kiss Before Dying" author |
| The Stepford Wives" novelist |
| Rosemary Woodhouse's creator |
| No Time for Sergeants" playwright |
| Stephen King called him "the Swiss watchmaker |