jeff Kinney is an online game developer and designer, and the author f the #1 new york times bestseller diary of a wimpy kid and diary of a wimpy kid: RodRick rules as well as well the diary of a wimpy kid: do it yourself book. He spent his childhood in the Washington D.C. area and moved to New England in 1995.Jeff lives in southern Massachusetts with his wife, Julie, And their two sons, will and grant.