Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1882—1945) — russkiy i sovetskiy pisatel, obschestvennyy deyatel.
Vo vremya Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny Tolstoy rabotaet korrespondentom v armeyskoy gazete «Krasnaya zvezda». Sobiraya material dlya svoih statey, pisatel vstrechaetsya s uchastnikami boevyh deystviy, provodit besedy s kursantami voennyh shkol. Iskrennie rasskazy frontovikov vdohnovlyayut Alekseya Tolsto...