Information: - Dirk Pitt is a fictional character, the protagonist of a series of bestselling adventure/Thriller novels written by Clive Cussler. Dirk is an adventurer who seizes the opportunity to save the day. Through action-filled story lines, Pitt is portrayed as a man who is in love with the sea and does not fear pushing the envelope. The character is an avid collector of cars, a characteristic shared with his creator, Clive Cussler. - Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931) is 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 more than 20 times. Cussler is the founder and chairman of the real-life National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He is the sole author or lead author of more than 70 books. - The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year. - The National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) is a private non-profit organization in the United States. Originally it was a fictional US government organization in the novels of author Clive Cussler. Cussler later created and now leads the actual organization which is dedicated to "preserving our maritime heritage through the discovery, archaeological survey and conservation of shipwreck artifacts. Additionally "NUMA does not actively seek private funding. Most of the financial support for the projects comes from the royalties from Clive Cusslers books." - Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detectiveeither professional or amateurinvestigates a crime, often murder. - Paul Kemprecos ( born March 11 , 1939 ) is an American writer of mysteries and adventure stories . He is a Shamus Award - winning author of six underwater detective thrillers , and had been co-writing with Clive Cussler the '' NUMA Files '' novels , which focus on Kurt Austin , head of NUMA 's Special Assignments Team and his adventures . Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'occupation' with the subject 'paul kemprecos'. Choices: - adventurer - author - creator - detective - explorer - novelist
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novelist