Alex Wright is an American writer and Information Architect. He is the author of two books: Cataloging the World: Paul Otley and the Birth of the Information Age (2014) and Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages (2007). Wright is also a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and head of User Experience research at Etsy. Many of his writings examine the current state of information transmission and organization through a historical, scientific, or cultural context.