Author Biography
CLIVE CUSSLER is the author or coauthor of more than fifty previous books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt(R), NUMA(R) Files, Oregon(R) Files, Isaac Bell, and Fargo. His most recent New York Times bestselling novels are The Race,The Storm, and Poseidon's Arrow. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pit t, plus The Sea Hunters and The Sea Hunters II ; the latter two describe the true adventures of the real NUMA(R), which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler has discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Confederate submarine Hunley. He lives in Arizona.DIRK CUSSLER, an MBA from Berkeley, worked many years in the financial arena and now devotes himself full-time to writing. He is the coauthor with Clive Cussler of Crescent Dawn,Black Wind,Treasure of Khan, and Arctic Drift. As president of NUMA(R), he has researched and directed many of the nonprofit organization's searches for famous historic shipwrecks. He lives in Arizona.