Clive Cusslerย is the author or coauthor of more than 50 previous books in five best-selling series, including Dirk Pitt, NUMA Files,ย Oregonย Files, Isaac Bell, and Sam and Remi Fargo. His nonfiction works includeย Built for Adventure:ย The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, plusย The Sea Huntersย andย The Sea Hunters II. They describe the true adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler has discovered more thanย 60 ships, including the long lost Confederate shipย Hunley. He lives in Arizona.
Boyd Morrison is the coauthor with Cussler of the Oregon Files novels Piranha and The Emperor's Revenge, and the author of six other books. He is also an actor and engineer, with a doctorate in engineering from Virginia Tech, who has worked on NASA's space station project at Johnson Space Center and developed several patents at Thomson/RCA. In 2003, he fulfilled a lifelong dream by becoming a Jeopardy! champion. He lives in Seattle.