Article: `Skinny-Dipping' by Claire Matturro; `The Sunday Philosophy Club' by Alexander McCall Smith; `Winter House' by Carol O'Connell.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Article: Scholarly publications, children's stories among McCall ...
Daily Breeze;  May 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... and exotic settings adore Alexander McCall Smith's debut novel, The No. 1 Ladies ... the Book Club of the "Today" show, McCall Smith confessed that he did not have to conjure ... her love of Africa. In Mma Ramotswe, McCall Smith presents a folk hero solving cases with ...

Article: McCall Smith juggles series after series ...
Winnipeg Free Press;  October 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the greatest mystery about Alexander McCall Smith is where he finds the time to write ... bestselling books. The 58-year-old McCall Smith is the author of more than 60 titles ... copies around the world. But since McCall Smith wrote the first novel in that series ...

Article: Nutty professors Alexander McCall Smith creates ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Reduced Circumstances By Alexander McCall Smith Anchor Books. $9.95 each, paperback. Alexander McCall Smith possesses a seemingly limitless imagination ... modest 200 copies were printed). In McCall Smith's rib-tickling trilogy (Portuguese ...

Article: McCall Smith's `Detective' aided by indie ...
The Boston Herald;  April 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: FRANK QUARATIELLO Alexander McCall Smith has won over millions of readers with ... of American football. To be fair, McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe and raised in Scotland ... football country. In a recent interview, McCall Smith, 58, talked about the newly published ...

Article: SERIAL AUTHOR SPEAKS ON HIS "CONDITION'; ALEXANDER MCCALL ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Laura T. Ryan Staff writer Alexander McCall Smith had a confession to make Wednesday ... aware that he is currently dead," McCall Smith said. But the prognosis seems much sunnier for McCall Smith, the Scottish author of more than ...

Article: McCall Smith makes monkey out of Macbeth
The Independent - London;  October 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... trusted recipe for success. Yet Alexander McCall Smith's first foray into writing an opera ... Macbeth - a joint venture between writer McCall Smith and the Scottish composer Tom Cunningham ... opera, which is based on an encounter McCall Smith had with two primatologists in the ...

Article: ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH'S U.S. BOOK TOUR MAKES ITS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... following news release: Join Alexander McCall Smith, the creator of the "utterly charming ... lecture The Very Small Things in Life. McCall Smith will be making a short visit to the ... per ticket! Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith enjoys a dedicated worldwide following ...