Craig Dirgo is an American

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of techno thrillers and

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s, as well as non-fiction. He started off co-authoring with

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on his non-fiction work. He soon moved to his own novels starring his character, John Taft, an agent of a fictitious US spy agency, the National Intelligence Agency. He co-authored with Cussler the first two "''

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''" novels. After running projects at Cussler's

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group since 1987, he became a trustee of the organization.

Early life

Dirgo was born to an Air Force Colonel, and spent much of his youth around American and British airfields. Having become interested in a collection of cars owned by Cussler, he eventually went to work for NUMA. From 1987 he was Special Projects director on several expeditions, and remains a trustee.

Works

John Taft

# ''The Einstein Papers'' (1999) # ''Tremor'' (2006) # ''The Tesla Documents'' (2013) # ''The Cristos Parchment'' (2014)

Oregon Files

(with Clive Cussler) * ''Golden Buddha'' (2003) * ''Sacred Stone'' (2004)

Eli Cutter

# ''Eli Cutter: Winter'' (2016) # ''Eli Cutter: Spring'' (2016)

Non-fiction

(with Clive Cussler) * '' The Sea Hunters: True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks'' (1996) * ''Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed'' (1998) * '' The Sea Hunters II: Diving the World's Seas for Famous Shipwrecks'' (2002)

Other fiction

*''Gunnison Grit'' (2012) *''New South Britain'' (2013)

References

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