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Jacqueline
Jacqueline asked Alexander McCall Smith:

What prompted the story line regarding past lives? Do you have intentions to weave your spiritual beliefs within a novel? Regarding the delicate balance of past live regression do you feel your treatment of this issue was so important as to make it a central theme in this novel.

Alexander McCall Smith It;s an interesting issue. I don;t think one can go into these things too deeply in a novel, but I wanted at least to mention the issue. AMcS
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Louise Michels
Louise Michels asked Alexander McCall Smith:

Wanting to be as wise, trusting, and kind as Isabel, which philosophers would you say most influenced her nature so that I might benefit from reading them? Thank you, Louise Michels

Kathy Smith
Kathy Smith asked Alexander McCall Smith:

Dear Mr. Smith, Thank you so much for being my favorite author for many years now when I started reading The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series which was only 2 books at that time. I have looked forward to all of the books in each series, but have especially loved the books of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. Will there be any more books featuring the dear Professor and his adventures?

Betty Wilson
Betty Wilson asked Alexander McCall Smith:

What was the inspiration that pushed you to pursue your dream of becoming an author? Was it a difficult choice to pursue?

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