NEW YORK — Clive Cussler, the million-selling journey author and real-life thrill-seeker who wove private particulars and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt, has died, his writer stated Wednesday. Cussler died Monday at his dwelling in Scottsdale, Arizona, stated Alexis Welby, spokeswoman for writer Penguin Random House. He was 88. The trigger was not disclosed. Cussler dispatched Pitt and pal Al Giordino on unique missions highlighted by shipwrecks, treachery, espionage and exquisite ladies, in standard works together with “Cyclops,’’ “Night Probe!” and his industrial breakthrough, “Raise the Titanic!” Cussler was an Illinois native who was raised in Southern California and lived in Arizona for many of his remaining years, however he