Jeff Kinney Facts
Jeff Kinney Facts
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As a child Jeff Kinney liked to reach the work of children's authors Beverly Cleary, J.R.R. Tolkien, Judy Blume, and Piers Anthony. |
Jeff Kinney attended the University of Maryland, where he discovered his love of cartooning. |
While in University Jeff Kinney published his cartoon strip Igdoof in the school paper. |
Jeff Kinney moved to New England from Washington in 1995. |
Jeff Kinney introduced Diary of a Wimpy Kid online before it was ever published. Jeff published daily entries from 2004 until 2005 on Funbrain. |
In 2006 Jeff Kinney signed a multiple-book deal with the publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc., during New York Comic Con. |
Jeff Kinney's first book in the series Diary of a Wimpy Kid was published in 2007. He followed this book with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2008), Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (2008), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (2009), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2009), The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (2010) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (2010). |
The books in the series Diary of a Wimpy Kid have sold more than 58 million copies around the world. |
Jeff Kinney married Julie in 2003 and together they have two sons Grant, and Will. |
Jeff Kinney's book Diary of a Wimpy Kid was made into a movie of the same name in 2010. His brother Scott wrote one of the songs for the movie. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules was also made into a movie, in 2011. This was followed by the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, released in 2012. |
Jeff Kinney played the father of Heather Hills in the third movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. |
Time listed Jeff Kinney as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world in 2009. |
Jeff Kinney was awarded the 2009 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. This award is voted for by children, which shows his popularity in that age group. |
In 2016 Jeff Kinney won the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favorite Book. |
Jeff Kinney and his wife Julie opened a book store in 2015 in Plainville, Massachusetts, which they named "An Unlikely Story". |
Jeff Kinney created a children's website called Poptropica, which features events and characters from the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. |
Today Jeff Kinney is a full-time online game designer and writer. |
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