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Walter Kirn

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Walter Kirn is the author of eight books and an e-book. His most recent is Blood Will Out, a memoir of his friendship with the con artist and murderer, Clark Rockefeller. His other books include Up in the Air, Thumbsucker (both of which have been made in to feature films), Mission to America, My Mother’s Bible (e-book), The Unbinding, She Needed Me, and My Hard Bargain. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, GQ, New York, and Esquire, among other publications.
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Formerly LDS
1962-08-03
Akron, Ohio
Macalester College, Princeton University, Oxford University
Novelist, literary critic, essayist
Male
Author
English

12 Works by Walter Kirn

Title Role Year Genre
My Hard Bargain Author 1989 Fiction
Keeping Donna Faithful Author 1990 Fiction
Whole Other Bodies Author Short Story
Mormon Eden Author Short Story
Up in the Air Author 2001 Fiction
Beam Me Up, God Author Review
Yellow Stars of Utah Author Short Story
She Needed Me Author 1992 Fiction
Mission to America Author 2005 Fiction
Thumbsucker Author 1999 Fiction
The Unbinding Author 2007 Fiction
Lost in the Meritocracy Author 2009 Novel
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