Alexander McCall Smith Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
R. Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, (born 24 August 1948) is a Rhodesian-born British writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late twentieth century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with these issues. He has since become internationally known as a writer of fiction. He is most widely known as the creator of the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. "McCall" is not a middle name: his surname is "McCall Smith".
University of Edinburgh, Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo
Nationality
British
Spouse
Elizabeth Parry
Children
Lucy McCall Smith, Emily McCall Smith
Awards
Dagger in the Library, Martin Beck Award
Music Groups
The Really Terrible Orchestra
Nominations
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Mystery & Thriller
Movies
The Meerkats
TV Shows
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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Mma Ramotswe realized that her instinct had been right: this free beauty treatment came at the cost of a favour. Well, that was how the world worked, and she knew that she should not be surprised. Life was a matter of exchanges; you did things for people and they did things for you. And it had to be that way, because you started life with the assistance of the one who brought you into the world - the midwife - and you ended it with the assistance of those who laid you in the ground. Between those two extremes, you often needed the help of others; you needed their company, you needed their love, and they, in turn, needed those things from you.
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I do find the depiction of ordinary life very attractive. I think that's it's because - if you want get a sense of life, of a place or a person - you have to, I suppose, look at the small parts. They create a sense of the living whole.
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I am very fond of art. It is a form of communication, principally about the communication of beauty. I don't have a great deal of time for [conceptual art]. I'm more interested in the ability of art to say something about beauty.
4
I enjoy writing about women. I don't know why exactly I chose to have women characters. i think possibly it is the way women look at the world, given the difficulties they overcome in their working lives.
5
[on being asked why he doesn't explore social problems in his writing] That's not the only thing that an author writes about. That's an important thing to do, but it's not the only thing. I think that literature can say quite a lot about the problems of the world by adopting a positive approach. You can actually make profound comments on the world's suffering, but you do it in a slightly different way.
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Fact
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He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to Literature.
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A professor of Medical Law in Edinburgh, Scotland, born and spent childhood in Zimbabwe.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
TV Series novels - 5 episodes, 2009 novel - 2 episodes, 2008 - 2009
The Meerkats
2008
Documentary narration
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Well Read V
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Mark Lawson Talks to...
2015
TV Series
Himself
Revealing Mr. Maugham
2012
Documentary
Himself
Breakfast
2005-2011
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Author
Efter Tio
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Book Show
2010
TV Series
Himself
The South Bank Show
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
HARDtalk Extra
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2006
TV Series
Himself
This Week
2005
TV Series
Himself
Alexander McCall Smith: Profile
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Bestseller
2003
TV Series
Himself - Author
Known for movies
The Meerkats (2008) as Writer
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008-2009) as Writer
$1.5 Million
