Andy Horowitz is an American historian and author. In 2021, he won a Bancroft Prize for his book ''Katrina: A History, 1915-2015'' about the flooding caused by

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...

in New Orleans, Louisiana and the aftermath of the disaster. He is an associate professor of history at

the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Har ...

. He also serves as the Connecticut State Historian.

Publications

* ''Katrina: A History, 1915-2015'', Harvard University Press (2020) ()

Awards and honours

* 2021: Bancroft Prize for ''Katrina: A History, 1915-2015''

References

21st-century American historians Historians of the United States American male non-fiction writers Tulane University faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Bancroft Prize winners {{US-historian-stub