Writing · Writer · Novel
Active 2008–present · Awards: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation, Dagger in the Library, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, honorary doctorate from the University of Parma, honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh
Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was born and brought up in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh.