Per Page to Screen, Benchley was a freelancer at the time he first thought about writing Jaws, inspired by a great white ...

The interview with 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley was published June 17, 2000, in the Cape Cod Times. Benchley died in 2006.

Steve Spielberg's Jaws saw a sudden change after a real shark attack on Matt Hooper's stuntman was "better than anything they ...

Re “This Shark Week, some ideas on ‘Jaws’ at 50” (op-ed, July 19): I was curious to know why anyone would write an op-ed ...

Based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name, "Jaws" follows what happens on an island off the coast of New England ...

Peter Benchley, whose novel Jaws terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow said Sunday.

Based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name, the 1975 film was one of the first summer blockbusters. Another "Jaws" character influenced a generation of fishermen: Quint.

Peter Benchley, whose novel "Jaws" terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow said Sunday.

Peter Benchley, whose novel "Jaws" terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow said Sunday.

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

Peter Benchley, whose novel Jaws terrorised millions of swimmers, has died. His wife Wendy, married to the author for 41 years, said the 65-year-old died on Saturday night at their home in ...