Peter Benchley
After graduating from Harvard, Peter Benchley worked as a
reporter for The
Washington Post, then as an editor at Newsweek
and a speechwriter in the White House.
His novel Jaws was published in 1974, followed
by The Deep, The Island,
The Girl of the
Sea of Cortez, Q Clearance,
Rummies, and Beast, among
others. He has
written screenplays for three of his novels, and his
articles and essays have appeared in
such publications as National Geographic and The
New York Times. He has written,
narrated, and appeared in dozens of television
documentaries. He is a member of the
national council of Environmental Defense and is a
spokesman for its Oceans Program.
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Series
Books:Jaws, August 1991
Paperback (reprint)
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