"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" author Jeff Kinney has a lot on his plate. Not only is Kinney releasing a new book in his popular children's series every year, he's also writing and producing movies, and he's working to revitalize a Massachusetts downtown space where his beloved bookstore stands.

"I'm really lucky I get to work in like four different areas. I get to be a movie producer, a screenwriter, I get to be a builder, a town planner and I get to be an author," Kinney said in a new interview with WBZ-TV. "For someone who's got Attention Deficit Disorder qualities, it's really good for me to have lots of things to do."

His new book coming out Tuesday is titled "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper." It's the 20th book of the series that follows Greg Heffley, who journals his way through the tri

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