Question: Carole Mallory, is an American author, actress, former model, teacher and critic who appeared in The Stepford Wives, a 1972 satirical thriller novel by who?
Context: Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940) is an American film and stage actress.  She starred in three of the most popular films of the 1960s and 1970s: as Elaine Robinson in "The Graduate" (1967), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress; as Etta Place in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress; and "The Stepford Wives" (1975).  She won a Golden Globe for "Voyage of the Damned" (1976). Revenge of the Stepford Wives is a 1980 American made-for-television science fiction-thriller film inspired by the Ira Levin novel "The Stepford Wives".  It was directed by Robert Fuest with a screenplay by David Wiltse and starring Sharon Gless, Julie Kavner, Don Johnson, Arthur Hill, and Audra Lindley.  It is the first in a series of sequels inspired by the 1972 novel and the original 1975 film "The Stepford Wives". The Stepford Husbands is a 1996 American made-for-television thriller-drama film inspired by the Ira Levin novel "The Stepford Wives".  It was directed by Fred Walton with a screenplay by brothers Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat and starring Donna Mills, Michael Ontkean, Cindy Williams, Sarah Douglas and Louise Fletcher.  It is the third in a series of sequels inspired by the 1972 novel and the original 1975 film "The Stepford Wives". The Stepford Wives is a 2004 American science-fiction comedy film.  It was directed by Frank Oz from a screenplay by Paul Rudnick and stars Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill and Glenn Close.  The film is a remake of the 1975 film of the same title; both films are based on the Ira Levin novel "The Stepford Wives".  The remake grossed $102 million worldwide on a $90 million budget. The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American science-fiction horror film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name.  It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, and Peter Masterson. Nanette Newman (born 29 May 1934) is an English actress and author.  She appeared in nine films directed by her husband Bryan Forbes, including "Séance on a Wet Afternoon" (1964), "The Whisperers" (1967), "Deadfall" (1968), "The Stepford Wives" (1975) and "International Velvet" (1978) for which she won the Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress.  She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for another Forbes directed film, "The Raging Moon" (1971). Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 American science fiction horror film starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, and Nick Stahl.  The screenplay, written by Scott Rosenberg, follows a group of high school outcasts who are horrified by their "Blue Ribbon" classmates, and was compared unfavorably by most critics to the 1975 thriller, "The Stepford Wives."  The film was directed by David Nutter, who was a director and producer of "The X-Files" as well as a director and co-executive producer of "Millennium". The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical thriller novel by Ira Levin.  The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother who begins to suspect that the frighteningly submissive housewives in her new idyllic Connecticut neighborhood may be robots created by their husbands. The Stepford Children is a 1987 American made-for-television science fiction-thriller film inspired by the Ira Levin novel "The Stepford Wives".  It was directed by Alan J. Levi with a screenplay by Bill Bleich and starring Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Tammy Lauren, Randall Batinkoff and Pat Corley.  It is the second in a series of sequels inspired by the 1972 novel and the original 1975 film "The Stepford Wives". Carole Mallory (born 1942) is an American author, actress, former model, teacher and critic who appeared in the films "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" and "The Stepford Wives".  She was the nine-year companion of writer Norman Mailer and kept notes and her writings with his edits, selling them to Harvard University in 2008, after his death.
Answer: Ira Levin