Peter Bradford Benchley was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both cinema and television, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark.
- Occupation
- novelist, writer, prose writer, screenwriter
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 8, 1940
- Died
- February 11, 2006, February 12, 2006
- Website
- http://www.peterbenchley.com
