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All About Jeff Kinney
All About Jeff Kinney
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Born on February 19, 1971, Jeff Kinney is an American writer whose talents are not limited to writing alone. He is also a cartoonist, producer and game designer in addition to being the bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Early Age
School
Jeff grew up in Fort Washington, Maryland, United States where he attended Potomac Landing Elementary School and the Bishop McNamara High School. As a kid fond of reading, Jeff delightfully read books of authors such as Judy , Beverly Clearly, Piers Anthony, and J.R.R. Tolkien. He went on to study at the University of Maryland at College Park during the early 90s. It was during his student life at the University that Kinney generated the idea of and created Igdoof, his famous comic strip which appeared in the campus newspaper, The Diamondback. The success of Igdoof encouraged Jeff to decide on being a cartoonist. In 1995 Kinney moved to New England.
About The Wimpy Kid Series
The Wimpy Kid Series
Jeff started working on The Diary of a Wimpy Kid sometime during 1998, however, it wasn’t published until the spring of 2007. The second book of the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules came out in 2008 followed by Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book in the same year with a revised and expanded version in 2011.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days both got published in 2009. Like 2009, Jeff published two more books of the series in 2010, entitled, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth. So far the last book of the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever came out in 2011. The series gained quick popularity and attained the number one position on important charts with a worldwide sale of 42 million copies up till 2010.
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Kinney, Jeff. "Jeff Kinney".
Jeff Kinney | Biography, Books and Facts - Famous Authors. 2020, https://www.famousauthors.org/jeff-kinney