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November 9, 2017 @ 6:00 pm

Jeff Kinney

Details

Date:
November 9, 2017
Time:
6:00 pm

Venue

Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
300 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33132 United States

Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book. Jeff has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also the creator of Poptropica, which was named one of Time magazine’s 50 Best Websites. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England in 1995. Jeff lives with his wife and two sons in Plainville, Massachusetts, where they own a bookstore, An Unlikely Story.

With special guest, Jason Drucker!

Jason Ian Drucker was born on September 20, 2005 in Hollywood, Florida, to Shari and Dr. Richard Drucker. He has an older brother, Ryan Ari, and a younger brother, Michael Ziggy.

Jason began acting in commercials at the age of 6 in the summer of 2012. Soon after Jason turned 7years old he booked his first TV role as Tommy Miller in the Nickelodeon TV series Every Witch Way (2014). During the fall of 2013 Jason landed his first feature film as Parker Larson in,Barely Lethal (2015), directed by Kyle Newman. Jason has continued to enjoy commercial work while completing 4 full seasons of “Every Witch Way.” Jason is set to play Greg Heffley in the upcoming movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017), released on May 19, 2017. In addition to Jason’s acting, he has teamed up with Free2Luv (as a Celebrity Ambassador) to help empower individuals and teach “Luv is Stronger than Hate and Braver” than bullying.

He will appear in the 2018 Transformers spin-off Bumblebee (2018).

About the Author

Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book for his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Jeff has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also the creator of Poptropica, which was named one of Time magazine’s 50 Best Websites. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England in 1995. Jeff lives with his wife and two sons in Plainville, Massachusetts, where they own a bookstore, An Unlikely Story.

Event Guidelines

PRE-FAIR EVENT!

Thursday, November 9, 6:00pm

Presented by Books & Books & Miami Book Fair

Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus

Children’s Alley – Building 1, upper plaza

300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132

You will receive a voucher in exchange for your purchase of THE GETAWAY, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #12 ($13.95 + tax) through Books & Books. This voucher entitles you to receive (1) one copy of THE GETAWAY, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #12 and also serves as your entry for (1) ONE child and (1) ONE parent to Jeff Kinney’s The Getaway Tour stop at Miami Date College, Wolfson Campus.

THE GETAWAY, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #12 will be published on November 7. All books will be distributed at the event on November 9th and not before.

Vouchers no longer available, but don’t worry! Walk ups are welcome!