Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Female detective solves cases with wisdom in contemporary Botswana

About the author

Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is a Scottish-born Botswanan legal academic and writer whose No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series became an international phenomenon. His gentle, optimistic crime novels set in Botswana introduced African settings and characters to mainstream crime fiction in an enormously popular and culturally significant way. He has sold over 25 million copies.

More by Alexander McCall Smith