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[[File:Jeff_Kinney.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Jeff Kinney]]'''Jeffrey Patrick "Jeff" Kinney''' (born February 19, 1971) is an American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_designer game designer] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author author] of children's books including the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]] book series. He is also attributed to be the creator of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poptropica Poptropica]. A cartoonist and a game designer from a middle-class background, Kinney is hailed as one of the world's greatest author of children's books.
 
==Career==
Kinney works full-time as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_developer developer] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_designer designer] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_game online games].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kinney_(writer)#cite_note-0 [1]]</sup> According to his website, he also created the kid-friendly website [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poptropica Poptropica]. Kinney grew up in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Washington,_Maryland Fort Washington, Maryland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] and attended the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland_at_College_Park University of Maryland at College Park] in the early 1990s. Throughout his whole life, he wanted to be a cartoonist. It was in college that [[File:Images_(1).jpg|thumb|Jeff Kinney,probably on a interview.]]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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoonist cartoonist]. However, Kinney was not successful in getting his comic strip [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication syndicated] after college, and in 1998, he started writing his ideas which would eventually become ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid]''. Loosely based on his childhood, the series sold close to 16 million copies world wide as of 2009 and was developed into a feature film, which Kinney also served as an executive producer for.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kinney_(writer)#cite_note-1 [2]]</sup>
 
To date, five Wimpy Kid books have been released, and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_book do-it-yourself book].
 
In 2009, Kinney was named one of ''Time'' magazine's 100 "Most Influential People" in the world.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kinney_(writer)#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup>
 
==Personal life==
Kinney currently lives in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainville,_Massachusetts Plainville, Massachusetts]<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kinney_(writer)#cite_note-3 [4]]</sup> with his two sons and his wife.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kinney_(writer)#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup> Kinney attended [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_McNamara_High_School Bishop McNamara High School] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestville,_Maryland Forestville, Maryland]. He was born to a family of four, consisting of two brothers and one sister. His brother Scott, is also known to be a rather famous musician.
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