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Title: Jeff Kinney: 2012 National Book Festival
Speaker: Jeff Kinney
Series: 2012 National Book Festival
Date: September 20, 2012
Running Time: 12:14 minutes
Description:
Sheryl Cannady from the Library of Congress speaks with author Jeff Kinney, who will appear at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival on Sept. 22-23, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Biography:
Jeff Kinney is the author of the bestselling and award-winning Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which has more than 75 million copies in print worldwide. The seventh book in the series is “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever." Kinney says he knew he wanted to be a cartoonist from the early 1990s, when he attended the University of Maryland.
About the 2012 National Book Festival
The 2012 National Book Festival was held on Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Our podcast series features one-on-one chats with some of this year’s featured authors.