found: Wikipedia, February 16, 2016(Jaws (novel); Jaws is a 1974 novel by Peter Benchley; Doubleday commissioned him to write the novel in 1971; Film producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown read the novel before its publication and bought the film rights, selecting Steven Spielberg to direct the film adaptation. The Jaws film, released in June 1975, omitted many of the novel's minor subplots, focusing more on the shark and the characterizations of the three protagonists; genre: Horror novel; country: United States)