Walter Kirn, the writer of ‘Up in the Air’ is fliyng high with movie
Many authors dream their book becomes a film blockbuster.  But writer Walter Kirn is pleasing the pessimistic aspect of fellow Minnesota script writer Garrison Keillor as he watches the picture side of his book, “Up in the Air,” climb to serious and box task success.
“I’m a Minnesotan,” Kirn tells to reporters. “We fancy too big, we’re going to be humbled.”
Ken Follett made his name writing spy thrillers like “Eye of the Needle.” But the book that has won him the most decisive, and eventually current, acclaim is a virtually 1,000-page narrative about the construction of an English cathedral in the 12th century.