Originally from Portland, Maine, he is a graduate of Emerson College. Steven has worked as a freelance writer, newspaper columnist and screenwriter. Feature film rights for The Guncle have been picked up by Lionsgate. The Editor was optioned by Twentieth Century for director Greg Berlanti. Lily and the Octopus is in development as a feature film at Amazon Studios. Rowley’s fiction has been published in twenty languages. His new novel, The Guncle, was hailed by O Magazine as one of the LGBT books changing the literary landscape and it was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Novel of the Year. “Steven Rowley is the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus, a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016 and The Editor, named by NPR and Esquire Magazine as one of the Best Books of 2019. But when his waggish set of “Guncle Rules” no longer appease Maisie and Grant’s parental void, Patrick’s eyes are opened to a new sense of responsibility, and the realization that, sometimes, even being larger than life means you’re unfailingly human.” Patrick has no idea what to expect, having spent years barely holding on after the loss of his great love, a somewhat-stalled acting career, and a lifestyle not-so-suited to a six- and a nine-year-old.
So when tragedy strikes and Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian, he is, honestly, overwhelmed. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays.
Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. “From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer. About the book, from Penguin Random House:
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