Peter Benchley ... a monstrous sea creature, was a mammal. “Jaws” was the only word that editor and author could agree on, the Los Angeles Times reported in 1974. Many of Benchley’s novels ...

Peter Benchley ... dead-eyed—is such a bewildering creature that it can’t be shoehorned into genre conventions, can’t be reduced to stereotype. Benchley and Jaws established sharks as ...

Peter Benchley, whose novel “Jaws” terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died Saturday at 65 at his home in Princeton, N.H.

Peter Benchley was 27 when he quit his job writing for President Johnson to write a book about a villainous killer shark that stalked, and ate, members of a small island community. The book sold ...

Peter Benchley, author of the bestseller Jaws ... But, he noted, he was never injured by any sea creature other than jellyfish stings or wounds from sea urchin spines, although he was nearly ...

National Geographic embarks on a voyage of breakthrough discoveries that will forever alter our view of the infamous creature once ... featuring Jaws creator Peter Benchley and famed underwater ...