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 ...

which may explain Peter Benchley’s new book, White Shark (Random House, $23), in which a mutant sea creature is terrorizing a quiet seaside town. “What kind of animal is there that’s got sta ...

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.

In an act at once tongue-in-cheek and self-reflexive, Peter Benchley has the hero of his new novel, ”Beast,” muse about large terrifying sea creatures. ”Whenever I hear talk about monsters ...

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 ...

US author Peter Benchley, whose novel Jaws was made into ... Despite writing books about the terrors of the deep, Mr Benchley wrote that he had "never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish ...