Clive Cussler is the author of more than fifty books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt, NUMA Files, Oregon Files, Isaac Bell, and Fargo. His life nearly parallels that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers have discovered more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Confederate submarine "Hunley," which was raised in 2000 with much press publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collects classic automobiles. His collection features more than eighty examples of custom coachwork. Cussler lives in Arizona and Colorado. Justin Scott is the author of thirty-one novels, including "The Shipkiller" and "Normandie Triangle"; the Ben Abbott detective series; six thrillers under his pen name Paul Garrison; and his coauthorship with Cussler of "The Wrecker," "The Spy," "The Race," "The Thief," "The Striker," "The Bootlegger," "The Assassin," and "The Cutthroat." Scott lives in Connecticut.