Kristen Radtke is a photo-based illustrator, designer, and writer who is also the art director and New York editor of The Believer magazine. Her illustrations are often featured in national publications such as the New Yorker, The Daily Beast, Electric Literature, and others. She has also designed the covers of a number of books, including Kingdom of the Young by Edie Meidav and Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello. Her debut book is her graphic memoir, Imagine Wanting Only This, which the New York Times Book Review called “a portrait of a powerful mind grappling with alienation and loneliness.”

Review of Imagine Wanting Only This by The Atlantic

Review of Imagine Wanting Only This by NPR