An unlikely story
Jeff at the bookstore he and his wife built in Plainville, MA called An Unlikely Story (2017). Photo by Tom Struzziero.
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Jeff at the bookstore he and his wife built in Plainville, MA called An Unlikely Story (2017). Photo by Tom Struzziero.
Jeff helps out with the cheesiest prom proposal during the Wrecking Ball book tour in Oklahoma City (2019).
Jeff and members of Löded Diper pose in front of a giant inflatable baby after the final event of the Diper Överlode book tour in Dallas, TX (2022).
Rowley is made into macaroons during an event to celebrate the release of Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid in China (2019).
The Greg Heffley standee travels with fans to different parts of the world during a social media campaign.
Jeff and his son Will unveil the new Greg Heffley statue at Jeff's alma mater, University of Maryland (2023).
Jeff’s dog, Thunder, lounging in the shade on a hot summer day (2022).
A glimpse behind the scenes as Jeff appears on Breakfast News in London, UK (2018).
The Wrecking Ball tour bus takes over a bookstore parking lot while on tour (2019).
Jeff greets fans dressed as a lifeguard during The Deep End book tour in Plainville, MA (2020).
Greg shops for the perfect copy of Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Frisian while visiting a bookstore in the Netherlands (2018).
Books and cartoons are brought to a larger-than-life scale at an interactive Wimpy Kid Exhibition in China. (2016).
Jeff presents to students at a school in Hungary during The Getaway book tour (2017).
Kids compete at the Trivia Challenge at the Wrecking Ball Show in Austin, Texas (2019).
Jeff meets some fans in Italy who pose with cutouts of their favorite wimpy kid, Greg Heffley (2016).
Pope Francis receives the Latin edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid at the Vatican. (2015).
Wimpy Kid fans in Madrid get dressed up in preparation for Jeff’s fourteenth book, Wrecking Ball (2019).
Jeff, his wife, and two sons enjoy the beautiful scenery in New Hampshire (2021).
Jeff’s bookstore, An Unlikely Story, gets dressed up to celebrate the winter holidays! Photo by Jessica Miller (2017).
Greg Heffley visits Beijing, during an Awesome Friendly Kid celebration (2020).
Fans greet Jeff as Greg and Rowley during a school visit in Australia (2018).
The team in Poland surprised Jeff with a mega vehicle to travel in during The Getaway book tour (2019).
There’s no feeling like meeting your favorite author on the Awesome Friendly Adventure Tour (2020).
Jeff with Zachary Gordon who played Greg Heffley in the first three live-action films. Vancouver, Canada (2009).
Parents compete at a dance-off to win prizes on stage at the Wrecking Ball Show in Austin, TX. (2018).
Jeff helps his new bunny friend escape the rain at the annual Easter Egg Roll hosted by President Joe Biden in Washington, DC (2022).
Fans give it their best shot to shoot a larger than life basketball into a giant hoop during the Big Shot book tour in the U.S. (2021).
Jeff visits with original movie cast members, Zachary Gordon (Greg) and Robert Capron (Rowley) in Disneyland after many years apart (2021).
The third Greg Heffley balloon takes to the skies as it chases the dreaded cheese touch during the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City (2022).
Fans on stage try to stump Jeff with their Wimpy Kid knowledge during the Meltdown Show in South Africa (2019).
Jeff visits an enthusiastic crowd of fans at the Shanghai American School during his book tour in China (2018).
Jeff visits Santa Claus in Lapland, Finland during The Meltdown book tour (2018).
The Greg character costume visits Jeff Kinney’s bookstore, An Unlikely Story in Plainville, MA (2019).
Jeff visits fans on Zugspitze mountain peak in Germany where copies of The Meltdown were frozen into a solid block of ice. Photo © Olivier Favre (2018).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Musical returns to the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Pictured - Patrick Scott McDermott and Ensemble. Photo by Kaitlin Randolph (2022).
Jeff visits Wyoming during the Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories book tour with his frightful skeleton crew (2021.)
Jeff meets fans in France while visiting the Eiffel Tower and creates Parisian-themed drawings of Greg and Manny (2016).
Jeff reads an excerpt from his book Double Down to fans in Mexico City, Mexico (2023).
The Greg Heffley balloon flies over New York City in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2021).
Jeff surprises fans at Paterson Academy in New Jersey during the Awesome Friendly book tour (2019).
Jeff gets picked up at the airport in India with a special visitor in his taxi (2016).
The cast of the original Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Musical warns Greg about the dreaded Cheese Touch. Photo by Dan Norman (2016).
Jeff visits Awesome Friendly fans for a special event at the Hamburg Zoo in Germany during the Wrecking Ball book tour (2019).
Learning the language of Scots in Edinburgh, Scotland (2019).