CHARLES KOCHMAN is the editorial director of Abrams ComicArts and editor of the No. 1 bestselling series Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. For more than 35 years, Kochman has edited several hundred books for all age groups, including award-winning picture books, middle-grade novels, retrospectives, monographs, graphic novels, and art book collections published by Abrams, DC Comics, Mad magazine, Bantam Books, and Putnam. A member of the National Cartoonists Society, the Society of Illustrators, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Kochman is on the nominating committees for the Bill Finger and Harvey Hall of Fame awards. He is a recipient of the Inkpot Award, presented by Comic-Con International for achievement in comics.
