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'''Peter Benchley''' (May 8, 1940 - February 11, 2006) was an American author, whose work
Later in life, Benchley became a conservationalist, and attempted to educate people about sea life, and the impact they were having on it. He died in 2006 of pulminary fibrosis.
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* ''Jaws'': His first and best known novel, dealing with a great white shark menacing a Long Island town.
* ''The Deep''
* ''The Island''
* ''The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez'': His best reviewed novel, dealing with a man's complex relation with the sea.
* ''[[Beast]]'': A giant squid menaces the Bermuda coastline.
* ''[[White Shark|Peter Benchley's Creature]]'': Formerly entitled ''White Shark'', it deals with a genetically modified Nazi [[Serial Killer]] raiding a town. Much [[Better Than It Sounds]].
=== Other works by Peter Benchley provide examples of: ===▼
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* [[Pirate Booty]]: ''The Deep'' has divers discovering a [[WW 2]] ship containing a cargo of morphine, which has sunk on top of a Spanish treasure ship that went down in the 18th century holding a priceless royal dowry. When a local drug kingpin takes an interest, the protagonists have to buy him off by salvaging the morphine while concealing what their real area of interest is.
* [[Ruthless Modern Pirates]]: ''The Island''
* [[The Atoner]] and [[Creator Backlash]]: Benchley came to regret the panic that books like ''Jaws'' created, stating later in life that if he were to write the book for a modern audience, the shark would be a [[Tragic Villain]] and not the [[Ultimate Evil]]. He spent the rest of his life trying to make up for it by becoming an activist for ocean conservation.
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