Patricia Cleveland-Peck detects philosophy in the books of Alexander McCall Smith. It is not often that a novelist casts a philosopher as the chief protagonist. However, Alexander McCall Smith has ...

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of many books, including the "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series and The Importance of Being Seven. He is also professor emeritus of medical law at the ...

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel ...

Sir Alexander McCall Smith has criticised the “censoring” of children’s books by authors such as Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton, arguing that they present a “sanitised world view”.