Jeff Kinney

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Jeffrey "Jeff" Kinney'
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Born

February 19, 1971, Fort Washington, Maryland, United States 

Occupation Author, Game Designer, Artist, Cartoonist
Notable Works Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) and Poptropica (game)
Wife Julia "Julie" Kinney
Children Will and Grant Kinney

Jeffrey Patrick "Jeff" Kinney (born February 19th, 1971) is an American game designer and cartoonist, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He made the child-oriented online role-playing game Poptropica.

Early life

Kinney was born and raised in Fort Washington, Maryland. He had two brothers and a sister. He attended the University of Maryland, College Park in the early 1990s. It was in college that Kinney created the popular comic strip, Igdoof that ran in the campus newspaper, The Diamondback which later became Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

In 2004, Funbrain and Kinney released a web book called Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the website made daily entries until June 2005. The web book was a instant hit, reaching 20 million views by 2007, causing many readers to request 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, the plot was slightly changed, and the book was also a little shortened. To date, thirteen Wimpy Kid books have been released, including two Do-It-Yourself books and three Movie diaries.

Professional Work

Kinney works as a writer and designer of online games. He also created the child-friendly website, Poptropica, which many kids around the world play. Poptropica has two Wimpy Kid-based islands called Wimpy Wonderland and Wimpy Boardwalk where many characters and places from Wimpy Kid are present. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has 58 million copies in print worldwide in softcover and in hardcover. In 2010 Wimpy kid was developed into a film and Kinney served as the executive producer. In the Rodrick Rules movie, he played the character Mr. Hills and returned in the Dog Days movie to reprise the character.

Personal life

Kinney attended Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland, and currently lives in Plainville, Massachusetts with his wife, Julie, and two sons, Will and Grant. Jeff has a small house next to his home, where he writes and does karaoke. The character of Rodrick is believed to be based on his elder brother, Scott Kinney (musician), and Manny is believed to be based on his younger brother, Pat. His great-grandmother was Polish.

Publications

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (April 1st, 2007)
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (February 1st, 2008)
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (January 13th, 2009)
  4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (October 12th, 2009)
  5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (November 9th, 2010)
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (November 15th, 2011)
  7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel (November 13th, 2012)
  8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck (November 5th, 2013)
  9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (November 4th, 2014)
  10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School (November 3rd, 2015)
  11. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down (November 1st, 2016)
  12. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway (November 7th, 2017)
  13. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown (October 30th, 2018)
  14. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball (November 5th, 2019)
  15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End (October 27th, 2020)
  16. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot (October 26th, 2021)
  17. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde (October 25th, 2022)
  18. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer (October 24th, 2023)

Rowley Jefferson

  1. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal (April 9th, 2019)
  2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure (August 4th, 2020)
  3. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories (March 16th, 2021)

Supplementary books

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book (October 1st, 2009)
  2. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (Original: March 16th, 2010, 1st Revised Edition: February 15th, 2011, 2nd Revised Edition: June 26th, 2012)
  3. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (May 10th, 2011)
  4. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter (May 9th, 2017)

Films

A film based on the first book was released on March 19th, 2010, it was produced by 20th Century Fox and directed by Thor Freudenthal. The following year, a second film based on the second book was released on March 15th, 2011, it was directed by David Bowers. Kinney played a small role in the film. A third film based on the third and fourth books was released on August 3rd, 2012. Kinney once again played the small role of Mr. Hills. In 2013, he announced a fourth film being animated for 2014, but since December of that year, nothing revealed came out. In the following years, a new film based on the ninth book is most likely going to come out after it was hinted at, at the 3rd annual Virtually Live Event, a casting call for two parts was released and some of the character's actors have been revealed.

Year Film Notes
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Based on his novel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Based on his novel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw.
2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Based on his novels, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.
2017 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Based on his novel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.
2021 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Based on his novel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
2022 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Based on his novel, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.

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