About Alexander McCall Smith:
R. Alexander is a 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".
It's because there are too many people who want to stop us having fun. That's the reason.
Alexander McCall SmithI have three older sisters, so we were a reasonably large family and, in general, a happy one.
Alexander McCall Smith