R. Alexander ""Sandy"' McCall Smith, is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. In the late twentieth century, McCall Smith became a respected expert on medical law and bioethics and served on British and international committees concerned with these issues. He has since become internationally known as a writer of fiction.
He is most widely known as the creator of the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.