In the 1975 movie, celebrating its 50th anniversary June 20, Amity would seem to be somewhere in New England. Not just ...

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 ...

But many people have been aware of them only since 1974. That’s when Peter Benchley’s novel “Jaws” arrived on bookshelves. Benchley died in 2006 at 65. His widow, Wendy, tells me in an ...

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story will premiere on Nat Geo on July 10th and debut on Hulu and Disney+ the next day. Are you looking forward to the new documentary? Let us know in the comments ...

When asked author Peter Benchley has said that his classic fiction novel, "Jaws," – which went on to inspire the summer blockbuster – was not inspired by the very-real story of the shark ...

The visceral passages that follow, from the opening chapter of Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel Jaws, became the quintessential description of a shark attack. The night swim of Christine Watkins ...

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 ...

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 ...