Peter Bradford Benchley
1940 - 2006
General Information
Bio
(1940-2006) Writer. Peter Benchley was born in New York, New York, in 1940, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 2006. He was a graduate of Harvard University and had worked for the Washington Post, Newsweek, and as a speech writer in the White House. He was the grandson of writer Robert Benchley, and son of writer Nathaniel Benchley.
Full Name
Peter Bradford Benchley
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1940
BIRTH
Peter Bradford Benchley was born in Manhattan, New York, on May 8, 1940.
1964
LITWORK
Time and a Ticket
Fiction.
Fiction.
1964
LITWORK
Time and a Ticket
Houghton, Mifflin
0395074037 / 978-0395074039
Fiction.
Houghton, Mifflin
0395074037 / 978-0395074039
Fiction.
1974
LITWORK
Jaws
Doubleday & Co. Inc.
1122713088 / 978-1122713085
Novel.
Doubleday & Co. Inc.
1122713088 / 978-1122713085
Novel.
1976
LITWORK
The Deep
Doubleday
0385047428 / 978-0385047425
Novel.
Doubleday
0385047428 / 978-0385047425
Novel.
1979
LITWORK
The Island
Doubleday
0385131720 / 978-0385131728
Novel.
Doubleday
0385131720 / 978-0385131728
Novel.
1982
LITWORK
The Girl of the Sea of Cortez
Doubleday
038517926X / 978-0385179263
Novel.
Doubleday
038517926X / 978-0385179263
Novel.
1986
LITWORK
Q Clearance
Random House
0394553608 / 978-0394553603
Novel.
Random House
0394553608 / 978-0394553603
Novel.
1989
LITWORK
Rummies
Random House
0394576675 / 978-0394576671
Novel; aka "Lush."
Random House
0394576675 / 978-0394576671
Novel; aka "Lush."
1991
LITWORK
Beast
Random House
0679403558 / 978-0679403555
Novel.
Random House
0679403558 / 978-0679403555
Novel.
1994
LITWORK
White Shark
Random House
0679403566 / 978-0679403562
Novel.
Random House
0679403566 / 978-0679403562
Novel.
2005
LITWORK
Shark Life
Delacorte
0375836500 / 978-0375836503
Novel; aka "Peter Benchley's Creature."
Delacorte
0375836500 / 978-0375836503
Novel; aka "Peter Benchley's Creature."
2006
DEATH
Peter Benchley died in Princeton, New Jersey, on February 11, 2006.
2006
INTERMENT
Peter Bradford Benchley was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.
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