Jeff Kinney

b. 1971·American

Jeff Kinney is an American author and game designer born on February 19, 1971, best known for creating the wildly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, a collection of illustrated middle-grade novels told through the fictional journal of Greg Heffley. Beyond books, Kinney also created the online virtual-world game Poptropica, cementing his reputation as a creative force in children's entertainment.