Background
Day, Alexandra was born on September 7, 1941 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Charles Lawson and Esther Arabella (Claflin) Woodward.
Day, Alexandra was born on September 7, 1941 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Charles Lawson and Esther Arabella (Claflin) Woodward.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1963.
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.
Good Dog, Carl has been followed by a whole series of popular Carl books, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Meanwhile, Day began a career in illustration, and illustrated her first book in 1983: The Teddy Bears" Picnic, based on a popular children"s song by Jimmy Kennedy.
Married Harold Ray Darling, August 4, 1967. Children: Sacheverell, Rabindranath, Lafcadio, Christina.