Steven Rowley is the New York Times bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus; The Editor; The Guncle, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Novel of the Year; The Celebrants, a Today Show Read with Jenna book club pick; The Guncle Abroad; and the novella The Dogs of Venice. He resides in Palm Springs, California.