Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an American children's book series and media franchise created by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. The series follows Greg Heffley, a middle-schooler who illustrates his daily life in a diary (although he insists that it is a journal). Kinney spent eight years working on the first book before showing it to a publisher. In 2004, Funbrain and Kinney released an onl... Wikipedia