Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

Titles: 44 Scotland Street, A Conspiracy Of Friends, Bertie Plays The Blues, Corduroy Mansions, Dream Angus, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats, Illustrated Folktales from Africa, Illustrated Folktales from Africa 2, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Precious And The Monkeys, Teatime For the Traditionally Built, The Careful Use of Compliments, The Charming Quirks Of Others, The Cleverness Of Ladies, The Comfort of Saturdays, The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean, The Dog Who Came In From The Cold, The Double Comfort Safari Club, The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean, The Full Cupboard of Life, The Girl Who Married a Lion, The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, The Importance Of Being Seven, The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection, The Lost Art of Gratitude, The Miracle at Speedy Motors, The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The Right Attitude to Rain, The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, The Sunday Philosophy Club, The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, The World According to Bertie
Category: Fiction, Children's
Agent: Caroline Walsh
Film Agent: Georgina Ruffhead

Alexander McCall Smith CBE was born in Zimbabwe in 1948 and educated there and in Scotland. He enjoyed a distinguished career as Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh University, and it was in this role that he first returned to Africa to work in Botswana and Swaziland. In 2005, he left the University to concentrate on his writing and he is now the author of over sixty books.

In 1999 The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency was published. Its heroine, Precious Ramotswe, soon captivated readers.  Anthony Minghella adapted the book for television with Richard Curtis and it appeared on BBC1 in 2008 to great acclaim. HBO and the BBC commissioned further episodes, screened in 2009.

Alexander McCall Smith has written several novels in daily serial form for The Scotsman and in 2008 his first online novel, Corduroy Mansions, began on the Daily Telegraph's website www.telegraph.co.uk.

Winner of three Author of the Year awards in 2004, Alexander McCall Smith has served as Vice-Chairman of the Human Genetics Commission of the UK; a member of the International Bioethics Commission of UNESCO; Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the British Medical Journal and Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Roslin Institute. 

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