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'''Jeffrey Kinney '''(born 19th February 1971) is an American game designer and 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.</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]].
==''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 softcover and in hardcover,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;">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;">Kinney attended retars0opi9uyhgtfrtyu7olyhjgtrn7jhkullkjhuio9ulyhjuukio9;</span><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="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;">2007:[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]</span>

Revision as of 21:26, 4 April 2013

Jeffrey "Jeff" Kinney'
Jeff Kinney.jpg
Born February 19, 1971 (age 42),Fort Washington,Maryland,United States
Occupation Author,Game Designer,Artist,Cartoonist
Notable Works Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) and Poptropica (game)
Wife Julie Kinney
Children Will and Grant Kinney

in the Dog Days movie and played the same character.

Personal Life

Kinney attended retars0opi9uyhgtfrtyu7olyhjgtrn7jhkullkjhuio9ulyhjuukio9; in Forestville, Maryland and lives in Plainville, Massachusettswith his wife, Julie, and two sons, Will and Grant.

Books 

Films

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.

Links

Jeff Kinney's Official Twitter Account 

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