Clive Cussler





Clive Cussler

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in Alhambra, The United States
July 15, 1931

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Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed.

Cussler is an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates itself to preserving American maritime an...more


Average rating: 3.85 · 265,339 ratings · 10,030 reviews · 119 distinct works · Similar authors
Sahara (Dirk Pitt, #11)
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 23,940 ratings — published 1991 — 48 editions
Inca Gold (Dirk Pitt, #12)
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 11,693 ratings — published 1994 — 47 editions
Atlantis Found (Dirk Pitt, ...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 11,308 ratings — published 1999 — 49 editions
Raise The Titanic! (Dirk Pi...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 10,770 ratings — published 1976 — 51 editions
Valhalla Rising (Dirk Pitt,...
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 10,365 ratings — published 2001 — 42 editions
Iceberg (Dirk Pitt, #3)
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 9,401 ratings — published 1974 — 40 editions
Trojan Odyssey (Dirk Pitt, ...
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 8,095 ratings — published 2003 — 38 editions
Deep Six (Dirk Pitt, #7)
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 8,048 ratings — published 1984 — 40 editions
Shock Wave (Dirk Pitt, #13)
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7,848 ratings — published 1996 — 33 editions
Flood Tide (Dirk Pitt, #14)
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 7,678 ratings — published 1997 — 38 editions
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“Giordino...simply sighed in resignation. "Who else," he asked no one in particular, "but Dirk Pitt could tramp off into a blizzard on an uninhabited backwater island in the Antarctic and discover a beautiful girl?”
Clive Cussler, Shock Wave

“To those of you who seek lost objects of history, I wish you the best of luck. They're out there, and they're whispering.”
Clive Cussler, The Sea Hunters

“I must say one thing about southern down-home brewed coffee with chicory. If you have worms, you'll never have them again.”
Clive Cussler, The Sea Hunters

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