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'''Jeffrey Kinney '''(born 19th February 1971) is an American game designer and 
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[[File:Jeff_Kinney.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Jeff Kinney]][[File:Images_(1).jpg|thumb|Jeff Kinney,probably on a interview.]]
cartoonist,he is the author of the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)]],he also made the child<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">-oriented online role-playing game,Proptropica.</span>
==<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Early Life</span>==
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Kinney was born and grew up in </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Washington,_Maryland Fort Washington, Maryland]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">. He attended the </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland_at_College_Park University of Maryland at College Park]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> in the early 1990s. It was in college that Kinney created the popular comic strip, </span>''Igdoof''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> that ran in the campus newspaper, </span>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamondback The Diamondback] which later became  ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]].lol./;
 
 
==''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''==
In 2004,Funbrain and Kinney released a web-book called Diary of a Wimpy Kid,the website made daily entries until June 2005.The web-book was a instant hit,reaching 20 million views by 2007,many readers requested a published version of the web-book,Kinney agreed and released [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]] in 2007,but the book version was quite different,the most notable difference was that the drawings were edited using programs and the plot was slightly changed and the book was also a little shortened.To date,over thirteen wimpy  kid books have been released,including two Do it yourself books and three Movie diaries.
==Proffesional Work==
[[File:Jeff_KInney.jpg|thumb|Jeff Kinney with Robert Capron and Robert Capron Sr (Robert's father)]]
Kinney works as a writer and designer of online games,he also created the child-friendly website,Proptropica,which is played by many kids around the world,Proptropica has two Wimpy Kid based islands called,[[Wimpy Wonderland]] and [[Wimpy Boardwalk]] where many characters and places from Wimpy Kid is present.<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> The </span>''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> series has 58 million copies in print worldwide,In 2010 Wimpy kid was devloped into a film and Kinney served as the executive producer,In the Rodrick Rules Movie,he played as the character [[Mr. Hills]],he returned in the Dog Days movie and played the same character.</span>
==<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Personal Life</span>==
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Kinney attended </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_McNamara_High_School Bishop McNamara High School]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> in </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestville,_Maryland Forestville, Maryland]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> and lives in </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainville,_Massachusetts Plainville, Massachusetts]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">with his wife, Julie, and two sons, Will and Grant.</span>
==<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Books </span>==
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2007:[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2008: [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules]]</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2008:[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do It Yourself Book]] (revised and extended in 2011)</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2009:[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw]]</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2009:[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days]]</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2010:[[The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary]] (extended in 2011,extended again in 2012)</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2010:[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth]]</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2011:[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever]]</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">2012:[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel]]</span>
*<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">In Work:Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8</span>
==<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">Films</span>==
<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">A film based on the first book was released on March 19,2010,It was produed by 20th Century Fox and directed by [[Thor Freudenthal]].A second film based on the second book was released on March 15,2011,it was directed by David Bowers,Kinney played a small role in the film.A third film based on Dog Days and The Last Straw was released on 3 August,2012,Kinney once again played a small role of Mr.Hills.</span>
==<span style="line-height:19.1875px;">Links</span>==
[http://www.twitter.com/WimpyKid Jeff Kinney's Official Twitter Account]
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