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He talks about the new book “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”, the character of Greg Heffley, how the series might end, and the new movie (here).

He talks about Greg, why he thinks kids like his books, and the new movie.

Watch Jeff Kinney sketch Greg swimming in the baby pool over summer vacation, and listen to him talk about Greg and the new book (here).  He also talks about what it’s like for him to be the writer of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books.

He talks about what it was like to leave college as the writer of his comic Igdoof, and then realize that it wouldn’t be easy to become a great comic writer in the real world.  So, he changed his approach to his writing so that he was able to reach people who would like his work.

He also talks about how old he thinks a reader would need to be to really get his book’s humor, and talks about whether his own kids are reading his books, in this short article (here) about how illustrators of kids’ books include their own kids when they create.

Jeff Kinney appeared at a bookfair in Florida, and this is a new video interview with him there. You get to see what it’s like at one of his book signings, and he talks about how middle school is so hard, and kids just need to try to survive it!

A new interview with Jeff Kinney that includes a detailed history of how he became a writer, and exactly how the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books happened, is (here).

In the second half of this article (here), about how humor for kids doesn’t need to talk down to them, Jeff Kinney talks about how he writes humor for kids by following this idea.

In this new interview, Jeff Kinney talks about how he kept working toward making his dream of creating “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” happen, and the interviewer makes the point that if you have a dream of doing something that you love, you should never give up on it.  In another interview (here), Jeff Kinney answers some interesting questions about Greg Heffley and himself.

In this interview (here), he talks about the search for the kid to play Greg Heffley in the upcoming “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” movie, and also answers some fun questions.  In this interview (here), he talks about what his life is like now, as a very successful author, and talks about what he was like as a kid.  And, he answers some great questions asked by fourth grade fans (here) in this interview.

He talks (here) about how he really thinks of himself as a cartoonist, rather than an author, and also talks about the character of Greg Heffley.

He talks about being “discovered” at an earlier ComicCon.

He will be talking and answering questions, in his first appearance in New York City since “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw” was released, on ComicCon Kids Day on Sunday February 8th, 2009.  Details are (here).  Admission is free for kids 12 and under!

He talks about the history of his writing, and about what it’s like to write books (here).

He talks with kids who have read his book, and answers questions.