He is also the author of the Corduroy Mansions series, which started life as an engaging cross-media serial written for the Telegraph online. 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. His various series of books have been translated into forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. 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. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series that Alexander became a household name. His first book, The White Hippo-a children’s book, was published by Hamish Hamilton in 1980.īut it wasn’t until the publication of the highly successful The No.
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. 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.
Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as ‘Sandy’, is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors.
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