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Alister Maklin (1922–1987) – britanskiy pisatel', avtor 28 ostrosyuzhetnyh romanov i priklyuchencheskih rasskazov, scenarist. On vhodil v pervuyu desyatku samyh prodavaemyh avtorov mira; knigi Maklina razoshlis' tirazhom bolee 150 millionov ekzemplyarov, po ego romanam, scenariyam i syuzhetam bylo snyato 18 fil'mov. V 1983 godu Universitet Glazgo prisvoil pisatelyu stepen' doktora literaturovedeniya. S 1941 po 1946 god Maklin sluzhil na flote, prinimal uchastie v voennyh operaciyah i polyarnyh konvoyah, chto dalo emu bogateyshiy material dlya tvorchestva i opredelilo tematiku ego luchshih knig. Put' v bol'shuyu literaturu otkryl Maklinu «Korabl' ego velichestva 'Uliss'» – blestyashchiy debyut i odno iz luchshih zarubezhnyh proizvedeniy o voyne. Syuzhet osnovan na istorii soyuznicheskogo konvoya, sledovavshego v severnye porty Sovetskogo Soyuza.