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Steven Salvatore

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@stevensswrites

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Young Adult, Romance, Gay and Lesbian

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June 2013

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Steven Salvatore is a critically acclaimed author, book coach, and chaos agent whose obsessions include Star Wars, Mariah Carey, boating in the Adirondacks, his loud Italian family, exploring Italy, being Italian (Siciliano, not Italian-American!), and having and dissecting his existential crises (not in that order). As a studied, accomplished composition professor with experience running college writing programs, he’s currently an academic advisor at Manhattanville University, where he also teaches. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. He lives somewhere with his amazing husband Chris.

Steven is represented by Jess Regel at Helm Literary. His books include the critical darling AND THEY LIVED..., CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY, NO ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 8,549 ratings · 1,841 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	And They Lived . . . 3.94 avg rating — 3,435 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boyfriend Subscription 3.54 avg rating — 2,416 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can't Take That Away 4.06 avg rating — 2,006 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Love Gives You Lemons 3.86 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Perfect Places 3.90 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Is it gauche to "review" your own book? Probably. But I just looooove this one so much. It's fun and funny and a real #zesty romp, so here goes! WARNING: This book is full of messy gay characters who say stupid shit and do stupid shit and don't commun ...more
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“Accept my existence or expect my resistance”
― Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away

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“It’s unfair that politics seeks to politicize my identity because this is my life, and I’m not up for debate.”
― Steven Salvatore, Can't Take That Away

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“everyone says it's
lucky
to be struck by lightening

no one tells you how
to live
once you've been struck

all i know is that it is
impossible
to harness”
― Steven Salvatore, And They Lived . . .

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Which book should the YA LGBT Books Group read as our Feb-March 2022 book of the month? (Unfortunately Henry Hamlet appears to only be in paper right now.)

Can't Take That Away

by Steven Salvatore

18 votes 58.1%

Henry Hamlet's Heart

by Rhiannon Wilde

13 votes 41.9%

31 total votes

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