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Jeff Kinney

Jeffrey Patrick "Jeff" Kinney (born February 19, 1971) is an American game designer and author of children's books including the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series. He is also attributed to be the creator of the children-oriented website Poptropica.

Kinney works full-time as a writer and designer of online games. According to his website, he also created the kid-friendly website Poptropica. Poptropica is known by many children around the world. Kinney grew up in Fort Washington, Maryland, United States, and attended the University of Maryland at College Park in the early 1990s. It was in college that Kinney created the popular comic strip Igdoof that ran in the campus newspaper, The Diamondback. While there, he knew that he wanted to be a cartoonist. The series has 42 million copies in print world wide as of 2010 and was developed into four feature films and two animated movies. He as also authored a spin-off series starring the main character of the wimpy kid series's main character Greg Heffley's best friend, Rowley Jefferson, which currently has three books. Kinney has also served as an executive producer.

To date, seventeen main series Wimpy Kid books have been released, plus a do-it-yourself book and a movie diary. In 2009, Kinney was named one of Time magazine's 100 "Most Influential People" in the world.

Kinney attended Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland and currently lives in Plainville, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons Will and Grant.

American author and cartoonist

Born 19 February 1971

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  • Cover of: Diario de Greg 7
    First published in 2013 1 edition

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  • Cover of: Poptropica Ultimate Official Guide.
    First published in 2011 1 edition — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 10 Vols.

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  • Cover of: Wimpy Kid Movie Diary Vol. 3: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood

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  • Cover of: Wimpy Kid
    First published in 2011 1 edition in 1 language

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  • Cover of: Dziennik cwaniaczka. Totalna demolka

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  • Cover of: Diario de Greg. 14. Arrasa con todo

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  • Cover of: Nate el Grande. ¡A por todas!

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  • Cover of: Diary of a wimpy kid wreckingball

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  • Cover of: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box Set Collection

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  • Cover of: Het leven van een Loser: logboek van Bram Botermans

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  • Cover of: Xun ka ri ji: Diary of a wimpy kid : Bao feng xue jing hun ji

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  • Cover of: Diario de Gregg. Días de perros

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  • Cover of: Diario de Greg. Esto es el colmo

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    First published in 2020 1 edition in 1 language

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American author and cartoonist

Born 19 February 1971

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November 11, 2023 Edited by kokomokola2 The things that I changed weren't wrong, they were just outdated. I updated the number of wimpy kid books and films and added stuff about the rowley books.
November 11, 2023 Edited by kokomokola2 The things that I changed weren't wrong, they were just outdated. I updated the number of wimpy kid books and films and
August 16, 2023 Edited by Drini merge authors
July 18, 2023 Edited by GeekyLib Update photos
May 24, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternative names