Ben Elton is a novelist, screenwriter and comedian, one of the most popular modern English writers, the author of scripts for such famous comedy series as Mister Bean, Blackadder and The Thin Blue Line ( The Thin Blue Line). Each of his books is a bestseller. The novels Popcorn (1996) and Inconceivable (1999) sold millions of copies, Blast from the Past (1998) brought Ben Elton the fame of “the king of laughter and intrigue,” and Death Behind Glass "(Dead Famous, 2001) was called by critics a “diamond of humor.”