![]() ![]() ![]() She loved walks, but a passing skateboard would send her cowering indoors for hours. She was a fascinating contradiction, as many dachshunds are: bold and timid stubborn and sweet playful and lazy. Although the book is very much a novel, I did have a dog named Lily and I had her from the time she was twelve weeks-old until she succumbed to cancer in old age. Can you tell us a little about the real dog who inspired the character of Lily? ![]() Each one of us at Better Reading is a dog owner and dog lover so it really moved us. We spoke to Los Angeles writer Rowley about dogs, first novels and his surprise at having already impressed some of his favourite writers – including Graeme Simsion, Sara Gruen and Patrick Ness.īetter Reading: Congratulations on your beautiful book Lily and the Octopus. Ted is stuck in his life – he’s looking for the right guy with a little online dating and while he has some good friends, his ‘best friend’ is Lily, but there’s something wrong with Lily – she has an octopus on her head and it’s consuming her. First time novelist Steven Rowley has made a big splash with his novel, Lily and the Octopus, a moving and funny story of a dachshund Lily and her owner Ted. ![]()
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