Walter Kirn
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Walter Kirn is an American novelist and critic who lives in Montana. A 1983 graduate of Princeton University, he has published a collection of short stories and several novels, including Thumbsucker, which was made into a 2005 film featuring Keanu Reeves and Vince Vaughn; Up in the Air; and Mission to America. In 2005, he took over pioneer blogger Andrew Sullivan's shoes for a few weeks while Sullivan was on vacation. He has recently finished work on The Unbinding, an Internet-only novel that was posted in Slate magazine.[1]
He has also reviewed books for New York magazine and currently contributes to The New York Times Book Review and New York Times Sunday Magazine, and is a contributing editor of Time Magazine, where he has received popularity for his entertaining and sometimes humorous first-person essays among other articles of interest.
Kirn's family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was twelve, but Kirn is no longer affiliated with the church.[2]
Kirn married Maggie McGuane, a model and the daughter of actress Margot Kidder, in 1995. Kirn was 32 at the time; McGuane was 19.[3] The couple had one child, Mazie, and are now divorced.
[edit] References
- ^ The Unbinding: An exclusive Slate novel. By Walter Kim. Slate. Retrieved on 2006-06-22.
- ^ NPR: Writer Walter Kirn, on a 'Mission to America'
- ^ CHRONICLE - New York Times
[edit] External links
- Larry Weissman, Interview with Walter Kirn, Random House.
- Terry Gross, Writer Walter Kirn, on a 'Mission to America', Fresh Air, NPR.
- Essay: The Autumn of the Multi-Taskers, The Atlantic Monthly, November 2007.
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