[SPOILERS] Caroline Kepnes reveals the inspiration behind her best-selling book 'YOU' and what to expect from the show’s second season
Lifetime’s ‘YOU’ took viewers by surprise with one of the best seasons of television audiences had ever seen. All-star producers Greg Berlanti (‘Riverdale’, ‘Arrow’, ‘Supergirl’) and Sera Gamble (‘The Magicians’, ‘Supernatural’) teamed up to adapt Caroline Kepnes’ best-selling novel ‘YOU’ and pure TV magic unfolded. Starring Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail, Shay Mitchell and John Stamos ‘YOU’ is about a charming bookstore clerk who essentially stalks his way into a beautiful aspiring writer’s heart.
Meaww spoke with the author Kepnes, who was heavily involved in the making of the series, to get a deeper look into what inspired her to write this crazy story as well as what to expect from the show’s second season. Like the female lead Beck, Kepnes is originally from Cape Cod, went to Brown and later moved to Manhattan. Before writing ‘YOU’, Kepnes dabbled in entertainment journalism and television writing but was still finding her voice. However, it wasn’t until tragedy struck and she lost her father that Kepnes was able to channel her pain and rage into what turned out to be the best-selling novel, ‘YOU’. After trying to write about the pain she was going through, she decided she needed to create something new to help process her emotions.
