Rachel and Simon speak with prolific novelist Alexander McCall Smith ([ Ссылка ]) . Alexander was a professor of Medical Law, before turning his hand to writing fiction. His first book, “The White Hippo”, a children’s title, was published in 1980. But it wasn’t until the appearance of the highly successful “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency ([ Ссылка ]) ” series that Alexander became a household name. The series has now sold over twenty million copies in English alone. Alexander’s various series of books have been translated into forty-six languages. Others include the “44 Scotland Street ([ Ссылка ]) ” novels and the Isabel Dalhousie ([ Ссылка ]) books. Recently, he launched the Ulf Varg ([ Ссылка ]) series of ‘Scandi blanc’ novels set in Sweden. Alexander talked to us about his rapid writing pace, the moral questions of detective novels and the idea of cultural appropriation.



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