Jeffrey Patrick Kinney (born Feb 19, 1971) is an American author and cartoonist, best known for the children's book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He also created the child-oriented website Poptropica. Over 250 million copies of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books have sold globally as of 2020 and the series was developed into feature films for which Kinney served as executive producer. In April 2009, TIME named Kinney one of The World's Most Influential People. In 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 the series won a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favorite Book. Less