Following a distinguished career as a Professor of Medical Law,Alexander McCall Smith turned to writing full-time. He is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, and his works have been translated into forty-six languages. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife.
Hooray - the unstoppable fiction-machine that is Mr Alexander McCall Smith has returned to the mothership ... Two new clients turn up [with] a problem that will take more than one pot of Mrs Ramotswe's redbush tea to solve, and she solves it with her trademark humanity, warmth and charm. Irresistible -- Kate Saunders The Times An ultra-smooth ride ... almost more blissful than even McCall Smith's millions of regular devotees could pray for or hope Scotsman