Alexander McCall Smith
Author of the series 44 Scotland St, Isabel
Dalhousie and No 1. Ladies Detective Agency.
McCall Smith has to be
one of the most prolific writers of our time. I lost track of his books a year
or so ago as he was producing them faster than I could read them. But now I’ve
heard his jovial chortle and listened to the charming way he goes about writing
I’ll have to revisit them.
Funniest quip: When
host Al Senter joked that he should go head to head with Usain Bolt - by the
time Bolt takes off his shoes McCall Smith will have written another book (six
of his titles are being published in the U.K alone this year).
Best insight into his
craft: When he realised how much the ladies like the narcissistic Bruce from
the 44 Scotland Street series he decided to bring him back. He discovered his
female readers particularly enjoy Bruce’s shower scenes, so, “now when I can’t
think of anything else to write, I put Bruce in the shower.”
On 50 Shades of Grey: He
hasn’t read the book and says he won’t either, but he’s pleased with any novel
that brings a profit to its publisher because inevitably that money goes back
into other works.
What are your
favourite McCall Smith novels?
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