Steven Rowley

Steven Rowley is the author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor. His new novel, The Guncle, arrives May 25th from G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

The Humor—and Grief—of the Modern-Day “Guncle”

Steven Rowley Digs Into a Contemporary Cultural Phenomenon

May 25, 2021 By Steven Rowley

Writing Fiction About Fact: Using Historical Figures As Characters

On Michael Cunningham, George Saunders, and Other 'Literary Grave-Robbers'

April 18, 2019 By Steven Rowley

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