And so, I tried to record everything, write everything down, that I could remember. And you know, lots of funny things happen along the way in your life. I grew up in the United States in a middle-class family situation. What really inspired it was the normal events that happened in my life. So, when I was in my 20s, I started keeping a journal.
Jeff Kinney: Yeah, it was my own journal. Naina Rao: So, what inspired the idea, specifically for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid? And I think I'm about 14 years into this. And it stuck around it, you know, it struck a nerve early on. I worked on it for a long time, eight years, when it was published, I thought that it would suffer the fate of most books, which is: appear on bookshelves for a little while and then vanish. Jeff Kinney: I am a regular guy who got really lucky and got published, I had this idea for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which is basically a journal, a kid's journal interspersed with cartoon drawings. Wyoming Public Radio's Naina Rao sat down with the author to talk about his new book, what inspired him to create this series, and the magnitude of success he's experienced with his work. Kinney held a drive-thru book tour throughout the Mountain West region including stops in Casper and Rock Springs this month.
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When it was published into a print series in 2006, it became an instant bestseller across the world. Author Jeff Kinney likens Greg to a middle-school version of Larry David : well-intentioned but always getting in trouble for saying out loud what other people are thinking.Originally published online in 2004, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books that share the story of Greg Heffney, a teenage character, and his journal entries as he navigates middle school. The Wimpy Kid series centers on the misadventures of Greg Hefley, the titular wimpy kid, a typical 13-year-old boy who is nervous around girls, fights with his older brother, and gets into trouble with his best friend Rowley. PHOTOS: How the Publishing World Covered Steve Jobs’ Death A third movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, is scheduled to be released on August 3, 2011. The two live-action Wimpy Kid movies-2010’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the 2011 sequel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules-have grossed more than $145 million worldwide.
Lifetime sales for the series exceed 50 million copies. In 2011, the series sold 11.5 million hardcover books to displace Twilight as the best selling YA series.
The Wimpy Kid franchise has been the hot seller in the hot young adult segment of the book market. PHOTOS: 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years Once again, the fans have spoken, and Jeff Kinney’s series has broken all sales records- both in kids’ books and adult-for the year,” said Michael Jacobs, president and CEO of Abrams. We’re thrilled that the new book has debuted so strongly. “Sales for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever in the first week have exceeded all our expectations. STORY: Inside ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’s’ $500 Million Franchise At six million copies, the first printing for Cabin Fever is the largest for any book in 2011, beating Steve Jobs‘ biography, which sold more than 379,000 copies in its first six days of on the market and Chris Paolini‘s Inheritance, which logged 489,500 combined book digital and audio sales on its first day of availability.
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