<p>On this episode of&nbsp;<em>What Are You Reading?</em>, host&nbsp;<strong>Jason Blitman</strong>&nbsp;is joined by&nbsp;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp;bestselling author&nbsp;<strong>Steven Rowley</strong>&nbsp;for a conversation about what he's been reading, what goes into writing a great blurb, and his latest novel,&nbsp;<em>Take Me With You</em>, an instant&nbsp;<em>USA Today</em>&nbsp;bestseller.</p><br><p><strong>Steven Rowley&nbsp;</strong>is the&nbsp;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;<em>Lily and the&nbsp;Octopus,</em>&nbsp;a&nbsp;<em>Washington Post</em>&nbsp;Notable Book;&nbsp;<em>The Editor,</em>&nbsp;an NPR Best Book of the Year;&nbsp;<em>The Guncle,</em>&nbsp;winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Novel of the Year;&nbsp;<em>The Celebrants,&nbsp;</em>a&nbsp;<em>Today&nbsp;</em>Show Read with Jenna book club pick;&nbsp;<em>The Guncle Abroad,&nbsp;</em>a&nbsp;<em>USA Today&nbsp;</em>bestseller<em>;&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>The Dogs of Venice.</em>&nbsp;His fiction has been translated into twenty languages. He resides in Palm Springs, California.</p><p>Sign up for the Gays Reading Book Club&nbsp;<a href="https://allstora.com/pages/gays-reading-book-club?utm_source=host_jasonblitman&amp;utm_medium=host&amp;utm_campaign=gays_reading&amp;utm_content=podcast_ig_bio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://gaysreading.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>SUBSTACK!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="http://gaysreading.printful.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>MERCH!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/@gaysreading" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>WATCH!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>CONTACT! </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>