Jeff Kinney was born in 1971, Jeff Kinney has written at least 33 books. Their most popular book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid with 285 saves with an average rating of 3.56⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Young Adult, Comics, and Fiction.
funny, lighthearted, and reflective are their most common moods.
Jeff Kinney was born in 1971 in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland in the early 1990s. It was there that Jeff ran a comic strip called “Igdoof” in the campus newspaper. He knew he wanted to be a cartoonist.
However, Jeff was not successful getting his comic strip syndicated after college, and in 1998 he started writing down ideas for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which he hoped to turn into a book. Jeff worked on the book for six years before publishing it online on funbrain.com in daily installments.
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3 primary booksAuthored 100% of series
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Jeff Kinney.
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2 primary booksAuthored 100% of series
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diaries is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Jeff Kinney.
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19 primary books20 released booksAuthored 91% of series
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a 23-book series with 19 primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by Jeff Kinney.