After winning, Alexander McCall Smith went ahead and published around thirty books between the 1980s and the 1990s. He won the children’s category in the competition. He entered two books, which were a children’s book and a novel for adults. While a teacher at the university, he participated in a literary competition. Alexander McCall Smith taught at law Queen’s University Belfast. He earned his PhD in law from the university and started his teaching career. He then moved to Scotland where like his father, He studied law at the University of Edinburgh. In addition to being a professor in these two fields, he is a fiction writer.Īlexander McCall Smith education journey started in Zimbabwe where he studies at the Christian Brothers College. He has served in various capacities in his profession including being in the British and International committees that tackle issues relating to medical law and bioethics. In United Kingdom Alexander McCall Smith is a respected medical law and bioethics professional. He is a professor at the University of Edinburgh where he still dispenses academic service. He is currently an emeritus profession of medical law. The author is a Rhodesian born British writer who lived in Zimbabwe before moving to the United Kingdom. He has played a significant role in developing the future of Botswana both as a lawyer and through his social skills.
The academic is known to be an amateur bassoonist and a founding member of the really terrible Orchestra. He is currently an Emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh University School of law. Alexander McCall Smith lives in Edinburgh Scotland with his wife Elizabeth. Most of his books have an African depiction in them with the covers showing his African heritage.Īll these were influenced by his early life in Africa and his interaction with the natives. He was raised in a Christian family and grew up a God loving son. Alexander McCall Smith’s father worked as a public prosecutor in British colony of Southern Rhodesia. The country was known as Southern Rhodesia. Alexander McCall Smith’s Life The author was born in Bulawayo, which was a British colony at the time. He also writes children’s books and academic non-fiction books.
He holds a United Kingdom citizenship and is a British National.Īlexander McCall Smith is an academic who writes Fiction books specifically crime fiction. He was born in Africa, Bulawayo Rhodesia present day Zimbabwe. Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile (By:Charles Todd)Īlexander McCall Smith also known as Sandy was born in 24th August in 1948. Pendergast (By:Douglas Preston)Ĭharlotte and Thomas Pitt (By:Anne Perry) Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By:Faye Kellerman)Īloysius X. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By:Robert Crais)
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