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Peter Benchley

Born

in New York, New York, The United States

May 08, 1940

Died

February 11, 2006

Website

http://www.peterbenchley.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Peter Bradford Benchley was an American author best known for writing the novel Jaws and co-writing the screenplay for its highly successful film adaptation. The success of the book led to many publishers commissioning books about mutant rats, rabid dogs and the like threatening communities. The subsequent film directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by Benchley is generally acknowledged as the first summer blockbuster. Benchley also wrote The Deep and The Island which were also adapted into films.

Benchley was from a literary family. He was the son of author Nathaniel Benchley and grandson of Algonquin Round Table founder Robert Benchley. His younger brother, Nat Benchley, is a writer and actor. Peter Benchley was an alumnus of Phillips ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 208,645 ratings · 9,911 reviews · 64 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jaws (Jaws, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 179,153 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deep 3.71 avg rating — 12,130 ratings — published 1976 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beast 3.65 avg rating — 5,388 ratings — published 1991 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Shark 3.55 avg rating — 4,479 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Island 3.35 avg rating — 2,358 ratings — published 1979 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl of the Sea of Cortez 4.09 avg rating — 1,434 ratings — published 1982 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks & the Sea 4.01 avg rating — 837 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shark Trouble 4.01 avg rating — 670 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rummies 3.44 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Q Clearance 3.64 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1986 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You're gonna need a bigger boat.”
― Peter Benchley

tags: jaws, movie

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“The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future.”
― Peter Benchley, Jaws

tags: ellen-brody, future, jaws, past, present

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“There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear.”
― Peter Benchley, Jaws

tags: fear, great-white-shark, hooper, jaws, sea, shark

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The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn

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Timeline Michael Crichton

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The Alienist Caleb Carr

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The Lost Symbol Dan Brown

8 votes, 9.0%

The Fourth Monkey J.D. Barker

5 votes, 5.6%

Who Censored Roger Rabbit?Gary K. Wolf

4 votes, 4.5%

The Monstrumologist Rick Yancey

3 votes, 3.4%

No Exit Taylor Adams

3 votes, 3.4%

White Shark Peter Benchley

3 votes, 3.4%

Exit Wounds Paul Kane

2 votes, 2.2%

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee Casey Cep

2 votes, 2.2%

As Long as We Both Shall Live JoAnn Chaney

2 votes, 2.2%

Grizzly Edwin A. Abbott

1 vote, 1.1%

When Darkness Loves Us Elizabeth Engstrom

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One Kick Chelsea Cain

1 vote, 1.1%

Island Richard Laymon

1 vote, 1.1%

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