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Jeffrey Patrick Kinney was born in Fort Wahington, Maryland to Bruce and Madeline Kinney on Andrews Air Force Base.
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Jeff started school at Potomac Landing Elementary and then later attended Eugene Burroghs for middle school.
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In the fifth grade, Jeff Kinney was introduced to the world of fantasy when a neoghborhood kid introduced him to Dungeons and Dragons. Jeff says it changed his life because it started helping him develop his story telling.
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Jeff Kinney graduated from Bishop Mcnamar High School in Forestville
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Jeff Kinney started college at Villanova on an ROTC Scholarship.
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Mr. Kinney graduated from the University of Maryland and majored in Computer Science. He wrote for the school newpaper called the Diamond Back and he developed a comic strip for it called Igdoof.
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Jeff Kinney wrote the first rough draft of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. It took almost ten years to publish.
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Jeff Kinney signed a multi-book deal to do four more Wimpy Kid books. He did more afterwards but did not know he would at that time,
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Jeff is one of the creators of Poptropica, a virtual gaming website.
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First book in the series was published.
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Second book in the series was published.
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Jeff was named one of the 20 Artists & Entertainers in The TIME 100, the magazine's list of The World's Most Influential people.
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The third book in the series was published.
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The fourth book in the series was published.
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The fifth book in the series was published.
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Jeff kinney became the New York Times Best Selling Author
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The sixth book in the series was published.
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The seventh book in the series was published,
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The eighth book in the series was published.
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The ninth book in the series was published.
