"Jaws" author Peter Benchley's widow, Wendy Benchley, told The Post she still visits the film's shooting location on Martha's Vineyard.

Based on Peter Benchley's bestselling novel, the film about a seaside community threatened by a great white shark kept viewers on the edge of their seats.

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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 ...

Wendy Benchley, the wife of late Jaws author Peter Benchley. After the book became a movie and a global phenomenon, the couple became advocates for ocean conservation and a better understanding of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.