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Mccaffrey CONCISE MAJOR 21ST-CENTURY WRITERS McCAFFREY CONCISE MAJOR 21ST-CENTURY WRITERS Were Horses, pp. 444-445; June, 1999, Joyce (Editor with Elaine Sutherland) Family Rights: Family Davidson, review of Nimisha’s Ship. Law and Medical Advances, Edinburgh University Washington Post, June 26, 1978. Press (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1990. Wilson Library Bulletin, February, 1991, pp. 90-91; (With John Kenyon Mason) Law and Medical Ethics, February, 1992, pp. 90-91. third edition, Butterworths (Austin, TX), 1991. (With Kwame Frimpong) The Criminal Law of Botswana, Juta (Cape Town), 1992. ONLINE (Editor with Michael A. Menlowe) The Duty to Rescue: The Jurisprudence of Aid, Dartmouth (Brookfield, VT), 1993. Anne McCaffrey Web site, http://www.annemccaffrey. (Editor with Colin Shapiro) Forensic Aspects of Sleep, org/ (September 28, 2004). Wiley (New York, NY), 1997. Random House Web site, http://www.randomhouse.com/ (With Daniel W. Shuman) Justice and the Prosecution (June 12, 2000). of Old Crimes: Balancing Legal, Psychological, and Moral Concerns, American Psychological As- sociation (Washington, DC), 2000. *** (With Alan Merry) Errors, Medicine, and the Law, McCAFFREY, Anne Inez Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), See McCAFFREY, Anne 2001. *** NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES McCALL SMITH, Alexander 1948- (Alexander McCall Smith) The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, D. Philip (Cape Town, South Africa), 1998, Anchor Books (New York, NY), 2005. PERSONAL: Born 1948, in Southern Rhodesia (now Tears of the Giraffe, Polygon (Edinburgh, Scotland), Zimbabwe); married; children: two daughters. Educa- 2000, Anchor Books (New York, NY), 2002. tion: Studied law in Scotland. Hobbies and other inter- Morality for Beautiful Girls, Polygon (Edinburgh, Scot- ests: Plays bassoon in Really Terrible Orchestra. land), 2001, Anchor Books (New York, NY), 2002. The Kalahari Typing School for Men, Polygon (Edin- burgh, Scotland), 2002, Pantheon (New York, NY), ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Publicity Department, Time 2003. Warner Book Group UK, Brettenham House, Lancaster The Full Cupboard of Life, Polygon (Edinburgh, Scot- Place, London WC2E 7EN, United Kingdom. land), 2003, Pantheon (New York, NY), 2004. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Pantheon (New CAREER: Professor of medical law at Edinburgh York, NY), 2004. University. Taught law at University of Botswana; helped create a criminal code for Botswana. Human Genetics Commission of the United Kingdom (vice SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB SERIES chairman), UNESCO (member, International Bioethics Commission). The Sunday Philosophy Club, Pantheon (New York, NY), 2004. WRITINGS: Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, Pantheon (New York, NY), 2005. NONFICTION VON IGELFELD SERIES (Editor with Tony Carty) Power and Manoeuvrability, Q Press (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1978. Portuguese Irregular Verbs, illustrated by Iain McIn- (With John Kenyon Mason) Butterworths Medico-Legal tosh, Polygon (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2003, Anchor Encyclopedia, Butterworths (Boston, MA), 1987. Books (New York, NY), 2005. 2366 CONCISE MAJOR 21ST-CENTURY WRITERS McCALL SMITH The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, illustrated by Iain Author of more than fifty books, including children’s McIntosh, Anchor Books (New York, NY), 2005. books such as The White Hippo, Hamish Hamilton; At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances, illustrated by Marzipan Max, Blackie; The Ice-Cream Bicycle, Viking Iain McIntosh, Anchor Books (New York, NY), Read Alone; The Doughnut Ring, Hamish Hamilton; 2005. Paddy and the Ratcatcher, Heinemann; and The Prin- cess Trick, Puffin. SCOTLAND STREET SERIES OTHER 44 Scotland Street, illustrated by Iain McIntosh, Anchor Books (New York, NY), 2005. Children of Wax: African Folk Tales, Interlink Book Espresso Tales: The Latest from 44 Scotland Street, il- (New York, NY), 1991. lustrated by Iain McIntosh, Anchor Books (New Heavenly Date and Other Stories, Canongate (Edin- York, NY), 2006. burgh, Scotland), 1995. The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Af- rica, Pantheon (New York, NY), 2004. CHILDREN’S BOOKS Blue Shoes and Happiness, Pantheon (New York, NY), 2006. The Perfect Hamburger, iillustrated by Laszlo Acs, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1982. ADAPTATIONS: The story “Children of Wax” was Film Boy, illustrated by Joanna Carey, Methuen (Lon- made into an animated film; other stories by Smith don, England), 1988. have been read on BBC Radio. A film adaptation of The Mike’s Magic Seeds, illustrated by Kate Shannon, No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency will be produced by Ri- Young Corgi (London, England), 1988. chard Sydney Pollack and directed by Anthony Suzy Magician, Young Corgi (London, England), 1990. Minghella. The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean, Blackie (London, England), 1990. SIDELIGHTS: The diverse accomplishments of Alex- The Muscle Machine, illustrated by Terry McKenna, ander McCall Smith, include a distinguished career as a Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1995. legal scholar and more recent fame as a best-selling The Bubblegum Tree, illustrated by Georgien Overwa- novelist. A professor of medical law at Edinburgh Uni- ter, Hippo (London, England), 1996. versity, Smith has published many works on medical Bursting Balloons Mystery, illustrated by Georgien ethics and criminal law. For example, he has written Overwater, Hippo (London, England), 1997. about the duty to rescue and the impact of medical ad- The Popcorn Pirates, illustrated by Georgien Overwa- vances on parental rights. Smith also had numerous ter, Hippo (London, England), 1999. books of fiction for young children and short-story col- Akimbo and the Elephants, illustrated by LeUyen lections in print before he published a series of detec- Pham, Bloomsbury Children’s Books (New York, tive stories set in Botswana. The first installment, The NY), 2005. No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, became a best-selling Akimbo and the Lions, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, novel in the United States after it was popularized by Bloomsbury Children’s Books (New York, NY), word of mouth. Readers and critics have been charmed 2005. by the stories, which are more about relationships, cus- Akimbo and the Crocodile Man, illustrated by LeUyen toms, and informal justice than sleuthing. Pham, Bloomsbury Children’s Books (New York, NY), 2006. The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean, illustrated by Laura Born and raised in the British colony of Southern Rho- Rankin, Bloomsbury Children’s Books (New York, desia (now Zimbabwe), Smith studied law in Edinburgh, NY), 2006. Scotland. He then assisted in creating Botswana’s first The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean, illustrated by law school, taught law at the University of Botswana, Laura Rankin, Bloomsbury Children’s Books (New and wrote a criminal code for Botswana. Many years York, NY), 2006. later, in 1992, he would publish The Criminal Law of Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats, illustrated by Botswana with Kwame Frimpong. The book interested Laura Rankin, Bloomsbury Children’s Books (New critics with its discussion of how the country’s criminal York, NY), 2006. law is unlike others in southern Africa and how it re- 2367 MCCALL SMITH CONCISE MAJOR 21ST-CENTURY WRITERS sembles the Queensland Criminal Code of 1899. Two gal requirement would impact the formation of indi- reviewers regretted that the work is not more detailed: vidual moral intuition. Celia Wells recommended the in the Journal of African Law Simon Coldham advised volume and McCall’s contributions in Criminal Law that the book is “designed primarily for students,” while Review. She concluded, “This collection sweeps effort- James S. Read said in the International and Compara- lessly across legal, jurisdictional, and philosophical tive Law Quarterly, that the book provides “a short and boundaries posing on its way a series of fascinating selective introduction” to the subject. questions and supplying some clues to the answers.” Smith is also a prolific fiction writer. His books for Most of Smith’s legal scholarship treats subjects relat- children reflect both Western and non-Western cultural ing to medical and criminal law issues. He served as influences, and are mostly written for new readers. One co-editor and contributor for Family Rights: Family example showing Smith’s African background is The Law and Medical Advances, which contains seven es- White Hippo, a story set in Gambia about the unsuc- says about the legal and ethical implications of new cessful efforts of villagers who want to protect an al- medical capabilities that affect the creation of life as bino hippo from a white man claiming to be a photog- well as the extension of life. The essays consider the rapher. In The Perfect Hamburger, an old man and a impact of laws on a family’s ability to make their own young boy join forces to try to save a family-run ham- medical decisions. McCall’s contribution, “Is Anything burger shop from being forced out of business by a Left of Parental Rights?,” addresses the increased au- chain restaurant. tonomy of children. The twenty-seven stories in Children of Wax: African Reviews of Family Rights described the book as an in- Folk Tales are more suited for older children and story- depth treatment suitable for specialists and general read- tellers. Smith collected the tales from old and young ers. In the Sydney Law Review Belinda Bennett recom- members of the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe. Featur- mended it as “a very readable collection” that avoids ing shape-changing animals and supernatural powers, jargon and explains the necessary medical and scientific they nevertheless contain realistic portrayals of hardship terminology. Jenny L. Urwin said
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