It's been 50 years since the late author Peter Benchley introduced us to "Jaws," a fictional man-eating great white shark that terrorized the summer resort village of Amity, Long Island, and our ...

A little over a year before Jaws opened in theaters and forever changed the next 50 years of cinema, it was a best-selling debut novel by author Peter Benchley. "That is a completely different kind of ...

50 years ago this very summer, director Steven Spielberg changed the world of moviemaking (not to mention beach bathing) for good with the release of Jaws. But before Bruce the shark feasted on Amity ...

(New York-AP) February 13, 2006 - 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, ...

New York, NY -- 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 ...

The titular giant Great White shark opens its mouth in a still from the film, 'Jaws,' directed by Steven Spielberg, 1975. (Photo by Universal Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images) National Geographic has ...

Legendary horror movie director John Carpenter has helmed some of the greatest hits the genre has ever seen, but do you know ...

It's been 50 years since the late author Peter Benchley introduced us to "Jaws," a fictional man-eating great white shark that terrorized the summer resort village of Amity, Long Island, and our ...

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, who lived in Princeton for over three decades until his 2006 death, wrote one of the most successful debut novels of all time, "Jaws," published in 1974. The movie of the same name ...