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Would you like to take a look at them?"
Signed Charlie Winthrop.
I mailed off the letter to Lampack and waited for whatever response without a great deal of optimism.
A week later my dad called. "You have a letter from New York."
Peter replied,"Dear Charlie, on your say-so, I'll take a look at the manuscripts. Send them to my
office."
Thinking so far so good, I sent offPacific Vortex andThe Mediterranean Caper and pushed the
event to the back of my mind while I worked on a campaign to introduce a new El Toro lawn mower.
Two weeks later, another letter arrived from Lampack:
"Dear Charlie: Read the manuscripts. The first one is only fair, but the second one looks good.
Where can I sign Cussler to a contract?"
I almost went into cardiac arrest. I couldn't believe it was that easy. I fired off a final letter from Charlie
Winthrop telling Peter Lampack where he could reach Clive Cussler. Peter sent a letter introducing
himself along with a contract I promptly signed and returned. I threw away the envelopes and wrote the
next book,Iceberg , on the back of Charlie Winthrop's stationary.
CRAIG DIRGO:So you had an agent now.
CLIVE CUSSLER:It may not have appeared so, but this was a major turning point in my life. Peter
taking me on as a client was enough of an inspiration for me to leave advertising and consider life as a
writer.
Sure, no book was published and no money coming in, but still it was worth a shot. Fed up with