Anna Marshall is an arts administrator, events organiser, publicist and fundraiser. She has been working with Alexander McCall Smith for 13 years, giving her an intimate knowledge of the 44 Scotland Street series. She lives on a farm in the Scottish Borders, farming sheep and cows and publishing recipes on the farm’s website.
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series and the Corduroy Mansions novels.