Biography on Clive Cussler; 1931-Present
Biography on Clive Cussler; 1931-Present
Eric Clive Cussler was born in 1931 in Aurora Illinois. He attended Pasadena city college in 1949 and remained their until 1951. He also attended Orange Coast College and California State University. He was enrolled in the military from 1950 to 1954. While enrolled he became a sergeant. In 1955 he Married Barbara Knight and they now have three children, Teri, Dirk, Dana. In his working career he started out with Bestgen & Cussler Advertising in which he was the owner from 1961-65. He was the copy director for Darcys Advertising in Hollywood from 1965 to 1967. He then became the vice president and creative director for Mefford Advertising 1970-75 (Contemporary Popular Writers).
Then he established NUMA which stands for National Underwater Marine Agency. This agency consists of a crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers. They have discovered more than 60 historical significant underwater wreck sites. This organization takes all their findings and turn them over to non-profits, universities, or government entities throughout the country (www.numa.net/CliveCussler/bio.htm).
Clive is also a member of several organizations. They are Royal Geographic society in London, Writers Guild, Colorado Author’s club in which he is the president, and the Explorers Club in New York.
Clive writes adventure novels for the young at heart. He began writing novels in 1965, He published his first book in 1973. In his main series of books there is one main character. His name is Dirk Pitt and he has been referred to by many as a mix between James Bond and Jacques Cousteau. He solves mysteries that most times have to do with the sea. In the books Pitt works for NUMA a United States Government agency like the CIA. Every book he writes has Dirk ending up in some unbelievable situation that is almost impossible to deal with. His first novel was Raise the Titanic (1976), in this book Pitt was introduced and the series took off. As the series has developed so has the counterparts and villains. Cussler does however start out each book with a side story. It always takes place in the past and involves a ship of some sort. After the side story the real novel begins but in the end the novels...