About the author

I.L. Williams writes heartwarming books about dogs.

I.L. Williams is the author of heartwarming books about dogs — novels and short story collections that celebrate the bond between people and dogs. Across every story runs one stubborn belief: that our long alliance with dogs is one of the oldest and most valuable things we have, and worth writing about as if it matters. Because it does.

The books include The Goodest Boy and The Goodest Boy — Volume 2, two collections of short stories about loyalty, joy, mischief and grace; Chronicles of the Good Vet, a short story collection about a small-town vet; Lost & Found, a novel set across one Oslo winter; and The Way Home, a short story about an autumn walk that changes everything. Together they focus on loyalty, joy, grief, grace, and the quiet miracle of the bond between people and dogs.

I.L. Williams lives in rural Norway, between fjord and forest, with family and one very opinionated dog named Mocca — half border collie, half water dog, and entirely obsessed with rescuing sticks from the fjord all summer long. Real life with Mocca, and with every dog before her, is what shapes the writing: the small, honest, everyday moments between a person and a dog are where the best stories are found. This is her, with a stick, naturally.

For more stories, essays and reading recommendations for dog lovers, I.L. Williams writes The Goodest Place, a Substack newsletter about dogs, published regularly.

These books are for everyone who has ever been loved by a dog.