DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: The Meltdown, Book 13

"'Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on the planet"

Independent

"The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid"

Sun

With millions of books sold around the world in 65 editions and 56 languages, Wimpy Kid has turned millions of kids into readers.

Jeff Kinney is an American writer whose talents are not limited to writing alone. He is also a cartoonist, producer and game designer in addition to being the bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He started working on "The Diary" sometime during 1998, however, it wasn’t published until the spring of 2007. The series gained quick popularity and attained the number one position on important charts with a worldwide sale of 42 million copies up till 2010. It was also adapted to screen with the release of Diary of a Wimpy Kid on March 19, 2010 by 20th Century Fox.