Author Profile

Jeff Kinney while in college ran a comic strip called “Igdoff” in the campus paper; it was then that he decided he wanted to be a cartoonist. However he was not successful in getting his comic strip published after college. So he started writing down ideas for what he hoped could become his first book. He worked on the book for six years and would publish online installments on Funbrain.com. In 2006 he signed a multi book deal to turn his first book Diary of a Wimpy Kid into a series. This series follows the adventures of a seventh grader named Greg and is meant to be read as his journal. Kinney wanted to write a story about all the funny parts of growing up and none of the serious parts. So his books are written to make people laugh which is something I think that the age group these books are geared for would enjoy.