Hank Searls

Henry Hunt Searls (August 10, 1922 – February 17, 2017) was an American author and screenwriter. His novels included ''The Crowded Sky'' (1960), which was adapted as the 1960 movie of the same name; ''The Pilgrim Project'' (1964), which was adapted as the 1968 movie ''Countdown''; and ''The Penetrators'' (1965, writing as Anthony Gray). Searls also wrote the novelizations for the movies ''Jaws 2'' (1978) featuring Roy Scheider and Murray Hamilton, and ''Jaws: The Revenge'' (1987) featuring Michael Caine and Lorraine Gary. Provided by Wikipedia