Author

Peter Benchley

May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006 · United States

Novelist, Writer, Prose writer, Screenwriter

Titles on list

Total weeks

100

Peak rank

Biography

Born: May 8, 1940 · New York City
Died: February 11, 2006 · Princeton
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
Languages: English
Education: Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy, Allen-Stevenson School

Awards & Honours

5 titles

BEAST

#4 · 11 wks

Q CLEARANCE

#15 · 2 wks

THE ISLAND

#4 · 18 wks

THE DEEP

#2 · 24 wks

JAWS

#2 · 45 wks

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).