In the wake of the film’s success, the late Peter Benchley, the bestselling author of the novel Jaws, and his wife Wendy Benchley happily took up the mantle of shark and ocean conservationists.

In a cramped, $50-a-month room above a New Jersey furnace-supply company, Peter Benchley set to work on what he once said, half-jokingly, might be “a Ulysses for the 1970s.” A novel resulted ...

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When author Peter Benchley’s 1974 book was going to print, he needed to choose a title. He has juggled various titles — “Leviathan Rising,” “Silent Fall” — before, at the last minute ...

Think you know ‘Jaws'? Test your knowledge with this trivia as we mark the movie's 50th anniversary How good is your knowledge of the some of lore surrounding Steven Spielberg's 1975 masterpiece?

Though Spielberg shot “Jaws” on Martha’s Vineyard, off Cape Cod, it was the neighboring island, Nantucket, that inspired Benchley’s novel. He has spent time fishing there with his father.

Though Spielberg shot “Jaws” on Martha’s Vineyard, off Cape Cod, it was the neighboring island, Nantucket, that inspired Benchley’s novel. He has spent time fishing there with his father.

When author Peter Benchley’s 1974 book was going to print, he needed to choose a title. He juggled various titles — “Leviathan Rising,” “Silent Fall” — before, at the last minute ...