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Jeffrey Patrick "Jeff" Kinney (born February 19, 1971) is an American game designer, cartoonist, producer, actor and author of children's books including the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' book series. He is also attributed as the creator of the child-oriented website Poptropica. He also appeared in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' films as Holly Hills' father. Kinney was born and grew up in Fort Washington, Maryland, United States. He has an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jeff Kinney: 'People ask me, is Greg really you?' )〕 He attended the University of Maryland at College Park in the early 1990s. It was in college that Kinney created a popular comic strip, ''Igdoof'', which ran in the campus newspaper, ''The Diamondback''. ==''The Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' book series== In May 2004, FunBrain and Jeff Kinney released an online version of ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''. The website made daily entries until June 2005.〔 The book became an instant hit, with the online version receiving about 20 million views as of 2007. When many online readers requested a printed version, Kinney agreed and in 2007, ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' was published. To date, twelve Wimpy Kid books have been released, including a do-it-yourself book and a movie diary. In 2009, Kinney was named one of TIME's 100 "Most Influential People" in the world.〔(The 2 Omar009 TIME 100: Jeff Kinney ) Time magazine's 2009 list of The World's Most Influential People〕 Millions of kids enjoy the books because of the humor between good friends, Greg Heffley and Rowley Jefferson.The series is loved by many children across the world mainly in USA, UK, India and Pakistan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Kinney (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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