Jeff Kinney: one of Time’s most influential people
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Jeff Kinney, the creator of the “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series has been named as one of Time magazine’s World’s Most Influential People coming in at number 52.
Kinney’s local upbringing and off-beat humor helped inspire his series of children’s books, “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” which chronicles the life of Greg Heffley, a middle school student on the brink of adolescence who finds himself in precarious situations. Since publishing the first book in 2006, the series has sold close to 16 million copies worldwide and earned Kinney a spot on Time Magazine’s 2009 list of The World’s Most Influential People, ranked 52.
“I don’t even think I’m the most influential person in my own house â?? I thought [hearing the news of making the list] was a joke,” said Kinney, 38, who now lives in Massachusetts.
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