# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-kirn
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:44:02.477Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-kirn"
name: "Walter Kirn"
slug: "walter-kirn"
description: "Walter Norris Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is the author of eight books, most notably Up in the Air, which was made into a film of the same name starring George Clooney."
tagline: "American novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Kirn-110.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-08-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             7.43409490333919
  historical:           7.961166666666666
  currentAttention:     41.30052724077328
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174529/"
    handle:    "nm1174529"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Kirn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "والتر كيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "والتر كيرن (روائى من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kirn"
    title: "Walter Kirn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kirn"
    title: "Walter Kirn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kirn"
    title: "Walter Kirn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kirn"
    title: "Walter Kirn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kirn"
    title: "Walter Kirn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7965359"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17440"
    title: "Walter Kirn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump