Cat Person

"Cat Person"
Short story by Kristen Roupenian
Lead image of the story, by Elinor Carucci
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Fiction
Publication
Published inThe New Yorker
Publication dateDecember 2017

"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 much it relates to modern-day dating".

The story has been adapted to a film of the same name directed by Susanna Fogel.