Claim profile

Walter Kirn

American novelist

  • Fame50.0
  • Momentum7.4
  • Wikipedia2.6K
Claim profile
Source-basedStable
Born 1962 · age 64United States
United StatesUnited StatesWritersWriter / Author

Verify ownership in 2 minutes. Keeps the profile accurate and discoverable.

  • Wikipedia
    7 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Age
    64
    Born 1962
  • Known for
    Up in the Air
    2009
Summary
Updated 2026-06-23

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.

Where to find them

Platforms

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
50.0
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum7.4
Historical8.0
Now attention41.3
Source confidence55.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
—
Receipts

Sources