Paul Kemprecos (born March 11, 1939) is an American writer of mysteries and adventure stories. He is a

Shamus Award The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction ( P. I. = Private investigator) genre novels and short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one ...

-winning author of six underwater detective thrillers, and had been co-writing with

Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list m ...

the "NUMA Files" novels, which focus on Kurt Austin, head of NUMA's Special Assignments Team and his adventures.

Works

Aristotle Socarides

# ''Cool Blue Tomb'' (1991) # ''Neptune's Eye'' (1991) # ''Death in Deep Water'' (1992) # ''Feeding Frenzy'' (1993) # ''Mayflower Murder'' (1996) # ''Bluefin Blues'' (1997) # ''Gray Lady'' (2013) # ''Shark Bait'' (2018)

NUMA Files

(co-written with Clive Cussler) * ''

Serpent Serpent or The Serpent may refer to: * Snake, a carnivorous reptile of the suborder Serpentes Mythology and religion * Sea serpent, a monstrous ocean creature * Serpent (symbolism), the snake in religious rites and mythological contexts * Serp ...

'' (1999) * ''Blue Gold'' (2000) * '' Fire Ice'' (2002) * '' White Death'' (2003) * '' Lost City'' (2004) * ''

Polar Shift The cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis is a pseudo-scientific claim that there have been recent, geologically rapid shifts in the axis of rotation of Earth, causing calamities such as floods and tectonic events or relatively rapid climate chang ...

'' (2005) * '' The Navigator'' (2007) * ''

Medusa In Greek mythology, Medusa (; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress"), also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those ...

'' (2009)

Matinicus “Matt” Hawkins

# ''The Emerald Scepter'' (2013) # ''The Minoan Cipher'' (2016)

References

External links

Official Site
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