Jeff Kinney

Jeff Kinney was born in Fort Washington, Maryland in 1971.
* He attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he created the comic strip Igdoof.
* After college, Kinney worked as a game developer and designer.
* In 1998, he started writing Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which was published in 2007.
* The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has sold over 200 million copies worldwide.
* Kinney has also written the popular children's book series The Awesome Friendly Kid.
* He is the creator of the children's website Poptropica.
* Kinney lives in Plainville, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.
* He was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2009.