Loren Smith (Dirk Pitt character)

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Loren Smith is a fictional character in a series of novels by Clive Cussler. She is a congresswoman from Colorado, and is a long time companion to Dirk Pitt, an adventurous special project director for NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency), he undergoes many death-defying missions to save the world and the environment of the seas.

Described as having beautiful cinnamon brown hair with violet colored eyes, and a good sense of humor, Loren Smith plays a strong role in quite a few of Cussler's novels. In Trojan Odyssey, Loren finally marries Dirk Pitt.

In Treasure of Khan, she displays a tolerant, even somewhat encouraging attitude of her husband's travels abroad, realizing he can't be happy cooped up in an office. She also violated a customs law by sending the trusty model 1911 Colt .45 caliber pistol to Dirk, who's in Mongolia