Author Jeff Kinney Will Answer Your Queries

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Author Jeff Kinney Will Answer Your Queries

Author Jeff Kinney's Answer To The Best Five Queries. 


Author Jeff Kinney Will Answer Best Five Queries. Rush In Your Questions Now! 

Author Jeff Kinney’s very first visit to India, will be an occasion to treasure for his many fans – children as well as those who have grown up with their favourite Wimpy Kid series over the last decade. Kinney will arrive in India in early December and will visit Delhi and Mumbai.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, the eleventh book in the globally bestselling series published by Puffin, publishes on 1 November 2016.

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is immensely popular in India as well as in the rest of the world; Book 10 in the series (Old School), which was published in November 2015, debuted at no.1 on bestseller charts in India. Double Down, the new book in the series, is eagerly anticipated by Wimpy Kid fans the world over, as well as in India. 

One of the most prestigious cultural events of the year, The Penguin Annual Lecture series has featured some of the world’s most respected leaders, thinkers and writers. It is the first annual lecture to be organized by a publishing house in India and has become one of the most prestigious cultural events on the calendar. This will be the tenth Penguin Annual Lecture. The nine previous lectures have been delivered by journalist and writer Thomas Friedman in 2007, diplomat and writer Chris Patten in 2008, Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in 2009, eminent historian Ramachandra Guha in 2010, renowned spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2011, Bharat Ratna awardee scientist and former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam in 2012, cinematic superstar and cultural icon Amitabh Bachchan in 2013, internationally bestselling author Dan Brown in 2014 and the legendary writer Ruskin Bond in 2015. 

On his upcoming global tour Jeff Kinney said: ‘I’m thrilled to visit more places where Wimpy Kid has impacted the lives of young readers. My first global tour was an amazing, uplifting experience. I am looking forward to visiting so many new places this November and December.’ Hemali Sodhi, Publisher Children’s and Senior VP Marketing at Penguin Random House India, said: ‘This is a dream come true – we are really excited that Jeff Kinney is coming to India. The Penguin Annual Lecture 2016 is going to be incredibly enriching, fun – and like no event we’ve had before.’ 

Jeff Kinney’s visit to India to deliver the Penguin Annual Lecture is part of Penguin Random House India’s initiative to focus on readers and the joy of reading.  

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Vajra Yalamanchili DDMS P.OBUL REDDY PUBLIC SCHOOL

Jeff Kinney became popular because of his wimpy kid story books which were very popular.

Onkarpreet Bhavan Vidyalaya

How do you start a book and ask yourself to keep writing it? I often face this problem because I''ll have an idea for a later chapter, but nothing for the in-between chapters.

MANAS KUMAR BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

Mr. Kenny How does such good humour and wit strikes you that you give such hilarious and captivating stories all in one neat pack to readers and makiing them laugh endlessly? Is it innate talent and thought flow which gives you ideas or your day to day life which inspires you?

Onkarpreet Bhavan Vidyalaya

Sir, Which character from the series is your favorite?

Onkarpreet Bhavan Vidyalaya

What are some books you loved reading when you were a child?

Onkarpreet Bhavan Vidyalaya

Are all those characters from real life or do you create them?

MANAS KUMAR BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

I am keenly interested in writing stories like you, you have ignited a passion and interest in me for humourous stories, so can you share you ''secret formula'' of writing? And some tips for new budding writers who want to add element of fun in their stories.

Onkarpreet Bhavan Vidyalaya

Sir, have you always wanted to be a author, ever since you were a child?

MANAS KUMAR BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

In this era of seriousness we hardly find any element of fun and humour, so what advice would you like to give to writers struggling for ideas? Should they expand their thinking horizon or try to find humour in their day to day life?

MANAS KUMAR BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

Mr. Kenny How one can keep his/her spirits high while writing such stories because sometimes writers creativity gets hampered when they are pressurised to write.

MANAS KUMAR BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

Mr. Kinney can you share some of your experiences while searching for plot but standing in it knee-deep! Has it sometimes happened a famous humourous author like you was depressed and disappointed?

MANAS KUMAR BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

How has humour, wit and joy transformed you inner character?

Priyanshi Banerjee Somerville school, Greater Noida

Wimpy kid made Jeff Kinney the most popular writer amongst the youngsters,but which element in the series, according to you, made this series the much loved and sabotaged all competitions?

Shubhangi Sharma RYAN INTL. ROHINI ROHINI

You are coming to india. Will create the sequel to wimpy kid set in India???

MANAS KUMAR BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

Despite being not able to accomplish your dream of becoming a newspaper cartoonist, What held your spirits high and encouraged you to work hard in this field?

Ishika Jain BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Describe what your ideal writing space looks like.

Ishika Jain BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?

Ishika Jain BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

What does literary success look like to you?

Ishika Jain BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Do you view writing as a kind of spiritual practice?

R Somesh Skanda BHARTI KRISHNA VIDYA VIHAR

Sir (Jeff Kinney), My question to you is where did you get your inspiration to write the awesome wimpy kid series ?

V.Ananya D.A.V. Public School

Mr. Kinney , were you picturing yourself when you first created Greg ? Like his character, appearance , personality etc?

V.Ananya D.A.V. Public School

Mr . Kinney , How did you actually come up with Rowley''s character ? Was it based on any of your acquaintances ?

Himanshi Dhawan Saffron Public School

Sir, my question is have you any prior plans regarding the plot of the story or the story develops naturally as you sit writing?

Himanshi Dhawan Saffron Public School

Had someone inspired you you to write such marvellous books?

KAPISH BANSAL J.M. INTERNATIONAL SCH00L

Sir, what was your idea to keep your name of the book as ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''.

Kashish Verma Bharti Public School Swasthya Vihar

Sir, your wimpy kid series is world famous and everyone loves to read it. So my question to you is that, How you got such an excellent idea of writing it? What were the difficulties that you faced while writing it?

KAPISH BANSAL J.M. INTERNATIONAL SCH00L

Sir, before making this book what idea came upon you to publish it. Would you every think of that this book will became very popular.

Ritvik Baweja BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

Sir, writing about humour and personal life isnt a easy task. How have you adapted to this genre of Junior fiction? Does writing about Greg Heffley remember you of your childhood ?

Ritvik Baweja BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

Do you have any role model

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

What inspired you to create the Wimpy Kid series?

Ritvik Baweja BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

Who was the inspiration behind your Wimpy Kid character ? Which incident made you write on humour and hilarious stories ?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

Were you Greg in your childhood days?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

What were the challenges you faced when writing this series? Was it hard to remain the best seling author for all of your books? How hard was it to create a fully illustrated novel?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

What were the challenges you faced when writing this series? Was it hard to remain the best seling author for all of your books? How hard was it to create a fully illustrated novel?

Ritvik Baweja BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (PITAM PUR

Your new add on to wimpy kid series Double Down is out in the book store. Can you give us some idea about the plot of book and tell us which made you write thsi new edition and what are the knew incidences in it.

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

What age group did you originally write the series for?

EUGENE GEORGE MATHEW ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NARAPPALLY

Sir I have been participating for competitions conducted by Times of India since 2015 but I did not get 1 prize also so please give me a book signed by you . Yours Faithfully Eugene George Mathew

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

Do you think atleast a tiny part of all of us is some character of The Wimpy Kid series? If yes, which character do you think would be the most common?

Rajathariga S P AECS MAGNOLIA MARUTHI PUB SCH

I am a huge fan of yours. What inspired the idea of writing the Wimpy Kid series?

S.VIDHYAALAKSHMI SHREE NIKETAN MAT -

What inspired you to write this series? What is your next book?

V.Ananya D.A.V. Public School

Sir , did you face any problems in publishing your work ? Was it tough ?

Rathi Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

how you are more interested to write than many works and jobs apart ?

Amish Agarwal Goldcrest High Vashi

How were you in your childhood, did you write or you inculcated the flair after adulthood.

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

How hard is it to write sequels and prequels to books?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

Did you ever expect the Wimpy Kid series to become so popular?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

Have you faced any discouragement while writing your books? If yes, how''d you cope up with it?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

Personally, if I was Greg and my best friend was Rowley, I''d give up on Rowley, especially after Holly came into my life. I''d fear his childish attitude would ruin my image. Why did you make Greg always stand for Rowley? Is it solely because he''s his best friend, or is there any underlying reason apart from wanting to inspire us readers?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

What is Greg''s reason to stay with Rowley even after Holly entered his life?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

How many books do you aim at including in this series? Did you ever think you''d reach eleven successful books?

Om Badiyani Sandipani

Sir, I want to know that how do I make the book longer while writing. I have the story but I end up writing the mater in short

Jaie Thakre BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Love the book 11💕Very funny.The best part is when Greg thinks his family members are robots😂

saumya QUEEN VALLEY''S SEC-8 DWARKA

What made you start your career? And specially how did you create MANNY in the book?

Sreemaansrikar St.Josephs

Sir,Were you the WIMPY KID or he one of the persons in your real life?

Rajathariga S P AECS MAGNOLIA MARUTHI PUB SCH

Do you think Greg might have an opportunity to become rich and famous someday?

Rajathariga S P AECS MAGNOLIA MARUTHI PUB SCH

Are you ever afraid you might run out of ideas to write a story?

Yashita Nagpal BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Writting such awesome series is not an easy job. What are your tips for the young writters?

Abhi Dabas Bal Bharati Public School Pitampura

your books are awesome!!!

vijay KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA # 2(DELHI CANTT)

he was popular because he wrote many funny books for kids

Heenal.Amit.Shah Sindhi Model Sr Sec school

Sir all of us write, only when something inspires us to, in your book the protagonist is shown bullied or his problems with his family, so you have been inspired by your own life or its a part of your imagination?

Heenal.Amit.Shah Sindhi Model Sr Sec school

The present generation does not know the power of pen, so how would you inspire the youth in taking up such practices like writing and reading?

Darshil Shah ST. XAVIERS - LOYOLLA -2 LOYOLLA 2

I also write short plays for my school so what according to you should I take care of while writing my plays?

Darshil Shah ST. XAVIERS - LOYOLLA -2 LOYOLLA 2

I often face problems writing the climax of a specific story. So according to you how can I overcome this problem?

Sagnik Debnath Cambridge Public School-HSR Layout

Dear Mr. Jeff Kinney, From where did you get the idea of writing a book based on the life of a wimpy kid?

Smit s Jaysw Bright day school (CBSE)

Sir ,do the new character in double down named "Maddox" will be appearing in your upcoming books?

MISHI JAIN HAPPY SCHOOL(DARYAGANJ)

Sir,what do you wanted to become when you were a child?

Aryansh Jain BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Mr.Jeff Kinney, I am very intrested in knowing that which book do you find the most humourous...?

EUGENE GEORGE MATHEW Rotterdam International School,Uppal

Sir , will you write more books for children in future ?

Rajathariga S P AECS MAGNOLIA MARUTHI PUB SCH

What was the most challenging part about writing the wimpy kid series?

anikait agrawal JAYPEE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Which is your book written in shortest span of time in " diary of a wimpy kid " series

Vandana Subash City International School Wanowrie

Sir,my favourite part of The Wimpy Books are the unique stick figures which are really cool.So,Sir,where did you get the idea for writing a book using such simple stick figures?

Vandana Subash City International School Wanowrie

Sir,would we be seeing some books of some other genre from you,like some fictional stories?

Vandana Subash City International School Wanowrie

Sir,we all know that Greg''s character is a grief-stricken one who is tired of his life,especially because of his family and siblings. Is it,by any chance,inspired from your or someone else''s life?!

Nishi Upadhyay BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Sir what problems you had to face to get into this profession?

Nishi Upadhyay BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Sir what according to you is most important to be a professional writer?

Nishi Upadhyay BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL (SWASTHYA VHR)

Sir how can a struggler writer convince others to take a look at his work?

Hiya Kilam global indian internatonal school

What were your views of middle school when you were young?

Hiya Kilam global indian internatonal school

What makes ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' so special and different?

Priya M G NEW BALDWIN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL

Sir , What made you take up this hobby ? Who inspired you ? I found your book fascinating and stimulating .

KATHERINE PARSHAD RED ROSES [PUBLIC SCHOOL

sir , please tell me how to create suspense in a story ?

KATHERINE PARSHAD RED ROSES [PUBLIC SCHOOL

sir , please tell me what makes a novel horor and how ?

Harini MS NAGARJUNA VIDYANIKETAN

Have you ever faced a time you totally ran out of ideas for a book? How did you cope up with it?

Emily Liz Gilbert CHAVARA INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY

Mr.Kinney, where do you get the inspiration to write all these Diray of a Wimpy Kidd books? Greg is almost like a life-like character.

Karthik vr PARAMA BHATTARA KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA

Jeff sir,what''s your favourite movie and did you like our country???

Mayank Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

Sir , is there any writer or person who inspired you to write ?

Mayank Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

Sir,are you humourous only in your stories or real life also?

Mayank Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

What elements or things of India attracted and amazed you ?

Mayank Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

All the stories you write are based on true incidents or fiction?

Mayank Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

Sir, did you ever thought of becoming so popular ?

Mayank Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

Sir, how you cope up with tough times ? Do you feel nervous ?

Mayank Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

Sir , do you have any plans of writing an autobiography?

Mayank Seth Anandram Jaipuria School

Sir,please never ever stop writing stories like these .

SHUBHAM BANSAL RYAN INT. SCH. SOHNA RD GURGAON

Sir.what are your future plans and how will you make these books on a verrrrrrrrrrrry large scale!!

SHUBHAM BANSAL RYAN INT. SCH. SOHNA RD GURGAON

and what admires you the most to write such amazing books?

SHUBHAM BANSAL RYAN INT. SCH. SOHNA RD GURGAON

i prefer please you write tour autobiography also so we can know about you more.

SHUBHAM BANSAL RYAN INT. SCH. SOHNA RD GURGAON

our school is famous for your books especially dog days.

Sneha N Shastri St. Francis De Sales ICSE

How do you get ideas of writing interesting books like wimpy kid... I just love them

Asmita D.A.V Public School, Thane

Mr. Kinney, what do you think that every good book has?

KS VARAGUNAN SHREE NIKETAN MAT -

Why did you discontinue shooting movies after just 3 editions shot ?

Ishika New era

A very good sense of humour i must say ! But being an indian my question to you is what do you think about the sense of humour of Mr.Kapil Sharma? I know these are two different things but i just want to know your view point !! I am a big fan of you as an author and kapil sharma as a comedian Can there be some comparison between the two? Or you would like to learn from each other!?

Ishika New era

Everybody will ask you about the difficulties you faced Your inspirations Etc.etc. Sir Diary of a Wimpy Kid first appeared on FunBrain in 2004, where it was read 20 million times. Did you expect about this huge number of readers ? Also do you relate yourself with that kid ?

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