Jeff Kinney

Jeff Kinney was born in 1971 in Fort Washington, Maryland to Madeline and Bruce Kinney. Kinney attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he studied Computer Science. In college, he published a comic strip called Igdoof in the university’s newspaper, which catalyzed his career as an author and cartoonist. Kinney best known for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which started as daily cartoons published online. The cartoons were wildly popular, and Kinney went on to publish the Diary as a book in 2007. Since then, he has released thirteen more titles in the series and served as executive producer on the film versions of his books. Kinney married his now-wife, Julie, in 2003, and the two currently reside in Plainville, Massachusetts. The couple has two children, Will and Grant.