Alexandra Day (born 1941) is an American children’s book author. Alexandra Day is a pseudonym; her real name is Sandra Louise Woodward Darling. She is the author of GOOD DOG, CARL, which tells the story of a Rottweiler named Carl who looks after a baby named Madeleine. The book was first published in 1985 by Day’s own publishing company, Green Tiger Press. 

 

Day was born in 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She and her husband, Harold Darling, founded a publishing company, Green Tiger Press, in 1970. Meanwhile, Day began a career in illustration, and illustrated her first book in 1983.

 

Day and her husband live in Seattle, Washington

Alexandra Day