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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 November 2024. This article is about the author and cartoonist. For the former American football player, see Jeff Kinney (American football). American author, cartoonist and screenwriter (born 1971) Jeff Kinney Kinney in November 2011 Born (1971-02-19) February 19, 1971 (age 53) Fort Washington ...
Oct 15, 2024 · Jeff Kinney (born February 19, 1971, Fort Washington, Maryland, U.S.) is an American children’s author and website developer best known for writing the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series of books. The books became extremely popular with middle-school students, especially boys, who were easily able to identify with characters in the books.
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Jeff worked on the book for six years before publishing it online on funbrain.com in daily installments. In 2006, Jeff signed a multi-book deal with publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc. to turn Diary of a Wimpy Kid into a print series. The first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book was published in 2007 and became an instant bestseller. Just a year later, more ...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an American children's book series and media franchise created by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. [1] [2] The series follows Greg Heffley, a middle-schooler (high-schooler from book 19 onwards) who illustrates his daily life in a diary (although he insists that it is a journal).
Shortly thereafter, he signed a multi-book deal with Abrams to turn the writing and illustrations into a book series. Loosely based on Jeff’s own childhood, the series follows middle school weakling, Greg Heffley, as he journals the trials, tribulations and humor of dealing with family, friends and surviving middle school. The first book in ...
The book, which was initially released by Funbrain.com, became a huge hit online with over 80 million visits. Almost every American kid wanted to read this book! Soon after this, a publishing company decided to publish Kinney's first ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ book. This gave the author the ultimate motivation to continue writing the series.
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In addition, Kinney published The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (2008), which allows the reader to copy the format of the books and create a journal and illustrations. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (2010) is a nonfiction book discussing how the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid, released in 2010, was made.
