Jeff Kinney

Jeff Kinney was born on February 19, 1971 in Maryland.  He attended to the university of Maryland in the 1990’s. He is an American game designer, cartoonist, and author of children books. He published a comic strip, "Igdoof" in the college newspaper, but he soon discovered that succeeding in the real world, as a syndicated cartoonist wasn’t going to be easy. So, after school, he supported himself as a newspaper designer and computer programmer, while working out ideas for a children's book that combined cartoons with conventional storytelling.

He made his own website. He also created the kid-friendly website Poptropica. Many children around the world know Poptropica. While he was in college it took him 6 years before publishing the book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He started in 1998 by collecting ideas for the book and hoping it would soon become a book, which became true soon on.

The first book was released on 2007 and became a bestseller.  In 2008 his second book, Rodrick Rules, and was also a bestseller.  Last but not least in 2009 his last book published, The Last Straw, was named #1 bestseller in the country. The books were so good that they were turned into movies. In 2009, Jeff was named one of the 20 Artists & Entertainers in The TIME 100, the magazine's list of The World's Most Influential people.

Jeff lives Plainville, Massachusetts. He lives with his wife and their two sons. Jeff Kinney works full-time as a writer and designer of online games. He has only done the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He says that there is a high possibility that there is going to be a 3^rd movie.