Kristen Roupenian graduated from Barnard and holds a PhD in African Literature from Harvard. She is a Zell Fellow in the University of Michigan MFA program, and has received numerous awards for her work. She has studied with Laura Kasischke, Jeff Van der Meer and Claire Vaye Watkins. __ Her short story ' Cat Person' became a viral sensation when it was published by the New Yorker at the end of 2017, dubbed ¿the most talked-about short story ever¿. You Know You Want This is her first book.