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Jeff Kinney grew up in Fort Washington, Maryland. He was born on February 19 of 1971. However, he didn't always want to be a writer. He originally wanted to become a newspaper cartoonist. He did run a cartoon strip back in college known as "Igdoof".

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In the early 1990's, Jeff Kinney came up with the idea for the comic strip, "Idgoof". Even though many people had liked the comic strip, The campus newspaper refused to let him publish it in their paper.

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Jeff Kinney has published over fourteen books in his "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series with his most recent book known as "The Meltdown", which is completely based on a giant snowball fight.
This series itself, is mainly about the struggles of adjusting to the average day of a middle-schooler and fitting in.

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Some things that you may not have known about Jeff Kinney are....
* He made his first ever drawing of a turtle when he was three years old.
* He is a cub scout master.
* His "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books have sold out 150 million copies.
* He plays volleyball twice a week.
* He was named one of the World's Most Influential People by Time Magazine in 2009.

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Jeff Kinney has had quite some awards for his books. Some of them are....
*Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Book
*Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
*Goodreads Choice Awards Best Middle Grade & Children's