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Jeff Kinney

October 2019

  • Jeff Kinney in his independent book store in Massachusetts.

    Diary of a small town sensation: how the Wimpy Kid author built his dream bookshop

    Growing up, Jeff Kinney discovered Tolkien, comics and computers at his local bookshop. When it closed he was bereft – would opening his own as an adult help to right that wrong?

August 2017

  • The creator of Harry Potter, JK Rowling

    JK Rowling's return to Harry Potter makes her world's richest author in 2017

    As her wizarding world returns to the stage and screen, Rowling’s $95m pushes James Patterson into second place with $87m

November 2016

  • Alan Vest illustration

    My writing day
    Jeff Kinney: ‘I bought a typewriter to try to beat back the distractions of the internet. That lasted about 20 minutes’

    The author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid on long walks, hot tubs and a productive trip to Iceland

October 2016

  • A page from Diary of a Wimpy Kid Double Down

    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down – extract

    After 10 chart-topping adventures, Jeff Kinney’s misfit Greg Heffley is back. It’s halloween and, scarier still, his mum is on his case. Find out what happens next in our exclusive extract

August 2016

  • Money train ... Paula Hawkins (pictured) is estimated to have earned $10m in the last 12 months.

    Girl on the Train carries Paula Hawkins into list of world's richest authors

    Word-of-mouth sensation has made the novelist $10m in the last year, outselling George RR Martin, but still earning a fraction of James Patterson’s $95m

June 2016

  • Children's books
    Group Reviews – a selection

  • Children's books
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney - review

April 2016

  • Protesters call for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to veto House Bill 1523, which they says will allow discrimination against LGBT people, during a rally outside the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., Monday, April 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

    95 Mississippi authors condemn anti-LGBT law

  • Demonstrators against the HB2 law in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at a demonstration on 29 March

    Jeff Kinney and Patrick Ness among 269 authors protesting North Carolina anti-LGBT law

March 2016

  • Film Title: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.<br>Film Title: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Pictured: (left to right) Kara/Shelby Hoffman, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken and Jim Carrey star in DreamWorks Pictures' LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

    Children's books
    Guess the character in children's fiction - quiz

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid film still

    Children's books
    Why children's books love to celebrate the 'losers'

February 2016

  • pupils in West Yorkshire at their school library.

    YouTube celebrity Zoella's Girl Online voted schoolchildren's favourite book

  • This undated film image released by 20th Century Fox shows, Zachary Gordon, right, and Robert Capron in a scene from "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days." (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Diyah Pera)

    Children's books
    How can I wean my son off Wimpy Kid re-reading?

  • The UK’s single most borrowed non-fiction author of 2014/15 … Mary Berry

    Library lending figures: which books were most popular in 2014/15?

  • Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in the film version of Gone Girl

    Crime fiction steals top slots in UK library loans

January 2016

  • Children's books
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney- review

    mancity3213: ‘I could this read over and over again and not be bored’

December 2015

  • Wimpy kid books

    Children's books
    We have a complete set of all 10 Diary of a Wimpy Kid books signed by Jeff Kinney to give away to one lucky reader. Find out how to enter here

  • The Eye Boggling Blurbs book group (from left James, Libby, Ruby, Samien) with Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney in the middle.

    Children's books
    Jeff Kinney: 'the joke always comes first' – children's books podcast

September 2015

  • school corridor

    Children's books
    Which books will make me feel happy about going back to school?

    Feeling nervous about the new term? The Book Doctor recommends school stories to make it better, from Malory Towers to Andy Mulligan’s Ribblestrop to Arabella Weir’s fabulous Tabitha Baird – all the way to the Wimpy Kid books

June 2015

  • Diary of Wimpy Kid Old School

    Children's books
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School - exclusive extract

    Be the first to read part of Jeff Kinney’s 10th Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, Old School – right here, right now and before everyone else!
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