Alexander McCall Smith

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Aliases:
מקקול אלכסנדר, ماك كول سميث، ألكسندر،, Alksandar Māk Kūl Smīṯ, and 37 others Alksandar Mākūl Smīṯ, Маккол, אלכסנדר מק׳קול סמית, Смит, Mc Call Smith, R. A マッコール=スミス, אלכסנדר מקקול סמית, R. A. McCall Smith, R. A. Smith, R. A. MacCall Smith, アレグザンダー・マコール・スミス, Alexander MacCall-Smith, R. Alexander MacCall Smith, Макколл Смит, R. Alexander McCall Smith, Smith, Alexander Mac Call Smith, Alexander Mc Call Smith, Alexander McCall Smith, R.A. MacCall Smith, R. A. Mac Call Smith, אלכסנדר מק'קול סמית, Alexander Smith, Sandy McCall Smith, アレグザンダー マコール・スミス, Aleksandrs Makkols Smits, R. A. MacCall-Smith, ألكسندر مكول سميث،, سميث، ألكسندر مكول،, R.A. McCall Smith, Александр Макколл Смит, R. A McCall Smith, Алегзандър Маккол Смит, Alexander McCall-Smith, Alexander MacCall Smith, אלכסנדר מקול, R. A. Mc Call Smith
Born:
Dec. 23, 1948

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Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as ‘Sandy’, is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing fiction. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children’s books. His first book, The White Hippo—a children’s book, was published by Hamish Hamilton in 1980.

But it wasn’t until the publication of the highly successful The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series that Alexander became a household name. The series has now sold over twenty million copies in the English language alone, and since the books took off, he has devoted his time to writing.

His various series of books have been translated into forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the popular 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman newspaper and now the longest-running serial novel in the world; the Isabel Dalhousie novels, and the von Igelfeld series. He is also the author of the Corduroy Mansions series, which started life …

Books by Alexander McCall Smith