8 March 2021
Jeff Kinney needs a shovel: a six-foot shovel, to be exact.
The creator of the extraordinarily popular "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series has been one of the few children's book authors to host in-person events throughout the pandemic, even if they weren't his usual raucous affairs. Back in 2019, during what he calls "the old days," Kinney took his interactive tour to theaters across the United States and to seven countries, selling out huge venues at every stop.
"The travel, the thousands of people," Kinney recalled, "it just seems so naive now."
