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International Book Festival. Edinburgh, 17 August 2021

Pictured: Alexander McCall-Smith
Author Alexander McCall-Smith visited the Book Festival today.

Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer, raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and these days an Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became a respected 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. "McCall" forms part of his surname.

Ger Harley | EEm 17 August 2021

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Contained in galleries: International Book Festival, Edinburgh, 17 August 2021

Pictured: Alexander McCall-Smith<br />
Author Alexander McCall-Smith visited the Book Festival today.<br />
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Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer, raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and these days an Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became a respected 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. "McCall" forms part of his surname.<br />
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Ger Harley | EEm 17 August 2021

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International Book Festival. Edinburgh, 17 August 2021