
Kinney attended Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland and currently lives in Plainville, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons Will and Grant. In 2009, Kinney was named one of Time magazine's 100 "Most Influential People" in the world. The Long Haul Jeff Kinney 4.33 70,916 ratings4,000 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Middle Grade & Children's (2014) Greg Heffley and his family hit the road in author-illustrator Jeff Kinney's latest installment of the phenomenal bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. To date, five Wimpy Kid books have been released, plus a do-it-yourself book and a movie diary. Kinney has also served as an executive producer. The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series 9) by Jeff Kinney 4.3 (179) Hardcover 14.99 Hardcover 14.99 eBook 13.49 Audiobook 0.00 Large Print 20. The series has 42 million copies in print world wide as of 2010 and was developed into a feature film. While there, he knew that he wanted to be a cartoonist.

It was in college that Kinney created the popular comic strip Igdoof that ran in the campus newspaper, The Diamondback. Kinney grew up in Fort Washington, Maryland, United States, and attended the University of Maryland at College Park in the early 1990s. Poptropica is known by many children around the world. According to his website, he also created the kid-friendly website Poptropica. Kinney works full-time as a writer and designer of online games. He is also attributed to be the creator of the children-oriented website Poptropica.


Jeffrey Patrick "Jeff" Kinney (born February 19, 1971) is an American game designer and author of children's books including the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series.
