''You Know You Want This: "Cat Person" and Other Stories'' is a collection of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

by Kristen Roupenian. Following the

viral Viral means "relating to viruses" (small infectious agents). Viral may also refer to: Viral behavior, or virality Memetic behavior likened that of a virus, for example: * Viral marketing, the use of existing social networks to spread a marke ...

success of the short story "

Cat Person "Cat Person" is a short story by Kristen Roupenian that was first published in December 2017 in ''The New Yorker'' before going viral online. The BBC described the short story as "being shared widely online as social media users discuss how mu ...

", Roupenian secured a seven-figure deal with

Scout Press Gallery Publishing Group is a general interest publisher and a division of Simon & Schuster which houses the imprints Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Scout Press, Gallery 13, and Saga Press. Jen Bergstrom is the Senior Vice President and Publisher. ...

for her debut book, and was the subject of a bidding war in the American market, with offers exceeding $1m. She received a $1.2 million advance for the book.

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