Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

Author 82 / Writer · 1916 – 2018 · 🎬 1 📖 82

Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Rhodesian-Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.

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Fiction Large type books Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths Fiction, humorous, general Edinburgh (scotland), fiction

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Blue shoes and happiness

Blue shoes and happiness

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2006

The Right Attitude to Rain

The Right Attitude to Rain

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2006

Dream Angus

Dream Angus

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2006

Akimbo and the snakes

Akimbo and the snakes

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2006

Love Over Scotland

Love Over Scotland

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2006

44 Scotland Street

44 Scotland Street

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2005

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

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2005

Espresso Tales

Espresso Tales

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2005

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Audio))

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Audio))

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2004

Sunday Philosophy Club, The

Sunday Philosophy Club, The

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2004

The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom

The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom

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2004

The Girl Who Married a Lion

The Girl Who Married a Lion

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2004

Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, the

Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, the

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2003

Portuguese Irregular Verbs

Portuguese Irregular Verbs

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2003

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstance (Von Igelfeld 3)

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstance (Von Igelfeld 3)

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2003

The full cupboard of life

The full cupboard of life

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2003

The Kalahari Typing School for Men

The Kalahari Typing School for Men

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2002

Morality for beautiful girls

Morality for beautiful girls

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2001

Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

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2000

The Popcorn Pirates

The Popcorn Pirates

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1999

Chocolate Money Mystery

Chocolate Money Mystery

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1997

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

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1997

Bursting Balloons Mystery (Scholastic: Young Hippo)

Bursting Balloons Mystery (Scholastic: Young Hippo)

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1997

Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

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1995

The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean

The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean

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1993

Akimbo and the crocodile man

Akimbo and the crocodile man

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1993

Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats

Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats

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1992

Akimbo and the Lions (Akimbo)

Akimbo and the Lions (Akimbo)

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1992

The Spaghetti Tangle

The Spaghetti Tangle

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1991

The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean

The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean

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1990

Akimbo and the Elephants (Akimbo)

Akimbo and the Elephants (Akimbo)

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1990

The Perfect Hamburger

The Perfect Hamburger

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1982

The Double Comfort Safari Club

The Double Comfort Safari Club

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1960

The Bertie project

The Bertie project

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1916

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