They had three sons, one of whom died in childhood. Wouk and wife Sarah, who worked as his agent, were married for 66 years until her 2011 death. Wouk divided his time between homes in Washington and Palm Springs, California. He was 97 when “The Lawgiver,” a satirical tale about making a movie based on the biblical figure Moses, was published. Wouk also worked with pop singer Jimmy Buffett to make a musical of “Don’t Stop the Carnival,” his 1965 novel about a New York public relations man who opens a Caribbean hotel. Both books were more than 900 pages and were turned into successful television mini-series. Twenty years of research and writing led to “The Winds of War” in 1971 and its sequel, “War and Remembrance,” seven years later. Wouk felt “The Caine Mutiny” was merely an anecdote about World War Two rather than an exploration of the global conflict.
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