Jeff Kinney

Growing up, author and illustrator Jeff Kinney’s family had a culture of retelling stories. He’s carrying on this tradition with his own children.

The books author Jeff Kinney read as a child (his father’s comic book collection, Judy Blume, and Beverly Cleary) are still on the shelves in his parents’ home.

Author Jeff Kinney’s work on the virtual world website Poptropica allows him to introduce young kids to different genres like mystery, fantasy, and Greek mythology.

Author Jeff Kinney believes interactive games can provide good storytelling as well as engage kids in the narrative.

Author Jeff Kinney sees his Wimpy Kid series as “joke delivery mechanisms.” His goal is to entertain and motivate kids to read, not teach a lesson.

Author Jeff Kinney thinks that if you start thinking “what will a kid like” you risk writing down to children. He follows his instincts about what he likes.

Author Jeff Kinney remembers a third grade teacher who encouraged him to dig deeper to express the humor in his drawings.

What does it take to be an expert at anything? You have to really work at it. Author Jeff Kinney has spent up to eight years on a book, and he shares that work ethic with students he meets.

/node/4172Author Jeff Kinney talks about why it took years for the first Wimpy Kid book to go from the web into print.

When author Jeff Kinney started writing Diary of a Wimpy Kid, he spent four years just trying to remember what it was like to be a kid. Having children has given Kinney a new perspective.

With author Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series, you can’t always believe what Greg is telling the reader. That’s part of his appeal — he’s still figuring out his life and role in the world.

Everyone sees life through their own filter. For author Jeff Kinney, humor is that filter. Here, he describes how he goes from jokes to a complete book.

Author Jeff Kinney has really enjoyed the collaborative process of making a movie.

Author Jeff Kinney says it is a real privilege to be able to reach so many kids and get some reluctant readers into books.

Author Jeff Kinney reads the first pages of his very first Wimpy Kid book — a journal, not a diary, says Greg Heffley.