Alexandra Horowitz

Alexandra Horowitz is a New York-based writer and dog cognition researcher. She is the author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog. She is also a professor at Barnard College. She was selected as a MacDowell Fellow in Literature (nonfiction) for 2026. During the residency she worked on Encountering Animals, a book of biographical portraits of nonhuman animals. Her other books include On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation and The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves.