Author

Books by Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is a Scottish author and emeritus professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh who was born in Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) and spent years in Botswana. He has written over 100 books across adult fiction, children's fiction, and academic law. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which began in 1998, now runs to more than 20 volumes and has been adapted for television by the BBC and HBO. His other series include 44 Scotland Street and the Isabel Dalhousie novels. He is one of the most widely-read Scottish authors of his generation.