**Alexander McCall Smith *is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, and of a new series, The Sunday Philosophy Club *. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland, where he is ...

**Alexander McCall Smith *is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, and of a new series, The Sunday Philosophy Club *. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland, where he is a professor of medical law at Edinburgh University.