Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements, and fun facts about him. My books wouldnt have existed without the upbringing i had or without. Jeff kinney is an american childrens author, actor, producer, cartoonist, and game designer, most famous for the book series diary of a wimpy kid. Jeffrey patrick jeff kinney is a 46yearold american movie director, actor, producer, cartoonist, game designer, and book author. Jeff kinney, author of the hugely popular diary of a wimpy kid books and one. Jeff kinney biography born on february 19, 1971, jeff kinney is an american. Jeff kinney books list of books by author jeff kinney. The tenth book in jeffs ever popular diary of a wimpy kid series is called old school and is available to order now. In january 1998, kinney brought up the idea of a middleschool weakling named greg heffley, who writes illustrated stories about his personal life. Diary of a wimpy kid author jeff kinney cant always.
He is marred to julie kinney and has two kids of his own. In may 2004, funbrain and jeff kinney released an online version of the story, titled diary of a wimpy kid. In fact, a lot of the best books now written in this format are by. Jeff kinney attended the university of maryland, where he discovered his love of cartooning. Jeff kinneys books have sold 180 million copies, been made into four feature films, and are beloved by children throughout the world, but the author of diary of a wimpy kid never thought for. He is also a cartoonist, producer and game designer in addition to being the bestselling author of the diary of a wimpy kid series. Jeff kinney, author of the diary of a wimpy kid series, is opening a bookstore.
I think of my books as longform comics because the material is much more. Jeff kinney was born in 1971 in maryland and attended the university. He attended the university of maryland where he wrote and illustrated a cartoon for the school newspaper called igdoof. Jeff kinney is a popular american author responsible for the diary of a wimpy kid series. Jeff kinney is an american author, cartoonist, game designer, and producer. Jeffs brother scott has written one of the songs in the movie, diary of a wimpy kid.
Jeff kinney, born as jeffrey patrick kinney is an american author, cartoonist, game designer, and producer. Jeff kinney is a talented american writer, producer, cartoonist, game designer and author of the bestselling diary of a wimpy kid book series. Click to read the fact file for more information on jeff kinney or. Jeff kinney reminisces about his 3 favourite books from his childhood. To date, eighteen wimpy kid books have been released, including 2 movie diaries and 2 doityourself books, and even a biography that. Jeff kinney born on february 19, 1971, jeff kinney is an american writer whose talents are not limited to writing alone. Jeff kinney was born on 19th february, 1971 in fort washington, maryland us he is married to julie and has two sons, will and grant. In addition to his books, he is the creator of the childrens website poptropica. This is when jeff realized he wanted to be a cartoonist.
Jeff kinney, author of diary of a wimpy kid, on librarything. In honor of the release of the meltdown, book in his wildly popular diary of a wimpy kid series, authorillustrator jeff kinney decided to add some variety to his usual school and bookstore visits. Here are some facts about jeff kinney, the author of the diary of a wimpy kid books. If one kids life is changed because of this bookstore, then the whole thing was worth it, he says. Kinney grew up in maryland, and when he was a student at the university of maryland, he created a very. Jeff kinney, the author of the hugely popular childrens book series diary of a. Youve probably heard of the hit book series diary of a wimpy kid, but how much do you know about its author. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Wimpy kid author jeff kinney to host national history bee for who was kids book series by mackenzie dawson.
His first decent drawing was of a turtle at the age of 3 jeff, not the turtle. Jeff worked on his book for almost eight years before showing it to a publisher in new york. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Jeff kinney holds a mirror up to childhood with wimpy kid. Jeff kinney born on february 19th, 1971 is an american cartoonist, game designer, and childrens book author, best known for writing the diary of a wimpy kid book series, which has 58 million copies in print. Jeffrey patrick kinney born february 19, 1971 is an american author and cartoonist, best known for the childrens book series. While in university jeff kinney published his cartoon strip igdoof in the school paper. If jeff kinney were in a diary of a wimpy kid trivia contest against readers of his book series, the bestselling author confesses he wouldnt stand a chance hed lose outright. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. If you reference any of the content on this page on your own website, please. Jeff kinney jeff kinney was born on february, 19, 1971. The diary of a wimpy kid started life online in 2004 and became really popular receiving over 80 million visitors.
Wimpy kid author jeff kinney to host national history. He was educated at the university of maryland in 1990. Jeff kinney was born on february 19, 1971 in fort washington, maryland. He is best known for authoring the diary of a wimpy kid series that features many childrens books like diary of a wimpy kid. In 1998, jeff started writing the diary of a wimpy kid but the book did not have it published until 2007. The bookstore built by jeff kinney, the wimpy kid the. As a child jeff kinney liked to reach the work of childrens authors beverly cleary, j.
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