Jeff Kinney- Author of Dairy Of the Wimpy Kids books
Jeff Kinney was born in 1971 January 1in Maryland. He attended the University of Maryland in the 1990's.In 1998 Jeff Kinney began writing down ideas for Dairy of the Wimpy Kid. Jeff Kinney worked on this book for 6 years before publishing it. In 2006 Jeff signed a multi-book deal with Harry N.Abrams to turn Dairy of the Wimpy Kid into a print series. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid was released in 2007, the month of April and it was a New York times bestseller book and it almost reached to the #1 spot. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Rodrick Rules was released in January 2008 and it was also a #1 bestseller book . The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It Yourself Book came also in 2008 but in October. The #1 bestseller book was Diary of a Wimpy Kid :The last Straw which came out in January 2009. Jeff Kinney lives in Southern Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.