The real story behind "Jaws" is stranger than fiction. Here's the shark encounter that inspired Peter Benchley's famous novel ...

Editor’s note: This story was first published in 2025 and has been updated. Peter Benchley thought he had one last shot. So ...

The legacy of “Jaws” lives forever for Wendy Benchley. Benchley, the widow of “Jaws” author Peter Benchley and an executive producer on the new documentary “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Jaws" author Peter Benchley remembers stepping off a plane at the Martha's Vineyard airport in 1974 and being ambushed by a Los ...

For millions, “Jaws” mania never really waned, and no one knows that better than Wendy Benchley, whose late husband Peter wrote the 1974 thriller. Although this weekend’s 50-year anniversary of the ...

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 age 65.

Peter Benchley, whose novel "Jaws" made millions think twice about stepping into the water even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow ...

Convinced that “every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs,” as he said in an interview with National Geographic, Peter B. Benchley ’61 never shied away from the ...

Logan Kelly is a professional author, screenwriter, and proud cinemaphile. He studied screenwriting and film history while attending Valencia College, before moving to the New York Metro Area. 50 ...

Peter Benchley, whose 1974 novel “Jaws” turned shark attacks into a national obsession and who later used what he called his “fish story” to help promote oceanic conservation, died Sunday at his home ...