Tim Collins

Young Adult Author

Birthday April 1, 1960

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Manchester, England

Age 64 years old

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About

Author of more than 15 books who became perhaps best known for Diary of a Wimpy Vampire. The book won the Manchester Fiction City Award and the Lincolnshire Book Award. He also authored series of books featuring the characters of Cosmic Colin and Monstrous Maud.

Before Fame

Before writing non-fiction material, he worked in advertising.

Trivia

The Diary of a Wimpy Vampire book was the beginning of a series of novels involving the titular wimpy vampire. Other titles included Adventures of a Wimpy Werewolf: Hairy But Not Scary and The Wimpy Vampire Strikes Back.

Family Life

He is originally from Manchester, but later resided in London.

Associated With

While he wrote about a wimpy vampire, Jeff Kinney wrote about a wimpy kid in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.