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Steven Rowley

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Steven Rowley is the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus, a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, The Editor, named by NPR and Esquire Magazine as one of the Best Books of 2019, and The Guncle, a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for 2021 Novel of the Year and semi-finalist for The Thurber Prize in American Humor. His fiction has been published in twenty languages. Rowley lives in Palm Springs, CA with his husband, the writer Byron Lane.

Average rating: 3.93 · 429,888 ratings · 56,013 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors
The Guncle (The Guncle, #1)

4.09 avg rating — 224,724 ratings — published 2021 — 22 editions
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The Guncle Abroad (The Gunc...

3.89 avg rating — 61,819 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions
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The Celebrants

3.62 avg rating — 60,257 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions
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Lily and the Octopus

3.74 avg rating — 56,502 ratings — published 2016 — 51 editions
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The Editor

3.81 avg rating — 15,724 ratings — published 2019 — 22 editions
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Take Me with You

3.54 avg rating — 6,291 ratings — published 2026 — 7 editions
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The Dogs of Venice

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“It's natural, as our loved ones age, to start grieving their loss. Even before we lose them.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“Grief orbits the heart. Some days the circle is greater. Those are the good days. You have room to move and dance and breathe. Some days the circle is tighter. Those are the hard ones.”
― Steven Rowley, The Guncle

“To focus, I think of how dogs are witnesses. How they are present for our most private moments, how they are there when we think of ourselves as alone. They witness our quarrels, our tears, our struggles, our fears, and all of our secret behaviors that we have to hide from our fellow humans. They witness without judgment.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

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Rachel; The Bookish Sailor Thanks for accepting the friend request, Steven! Your book is absolutely brilliant. Love from Kentucky!


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