Nationality American Role Writer Name Ransom Riggs | Genre Children's literature Alma mater Kenyon College Spouse Tahereh Mafi (m. 2013) | |
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Notable works Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Education University of Southern California, Kenyon College Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Favorite Book Books Miss Peregrine's Home for, Hollow City, The Sherlock Holmes H, Talking Pictures, Miss Peregrine 3 Library Profiles | ||
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Ransom Riggs (born February 3, 1979) is an American writer and filmmaker best known for the book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Works
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Early life and education
Riggs was born in Maryland in 1979 on a 200-year-old farm, and grew up in Florida, where he attended Pine View School for the Gifted. He studied English literature at Kenyon College, and studied film at the University of Southern California.
Career
His work on short films for the Internet and blogging for Mental Floss got him a job writing The Sherlock Holmes Handbook which was released as a tie-in to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film.
Riggs had collected curious vernacular photographs and approached his publisher, Quirk Books, about using some of them in a picture book. On the suggestion of an editor, Riggs used the photographs as a guide from which to put together a narrative. The resulting book was Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which made The New York Times Best Seller list, and was adapted into the 2016 film of the same name.
Another book inspired by old photographs, Talking Pictures, was published by HarperCollins in October 2012. The sequel Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Children was released on January 14, 2014. The third installment in the Miss Peregrine's series, titled Library of Souls, was announced in early 2015. It was released on September 22, 2015.
Personal life
Riggs currently lives in Los Angeles, California and in 2013 married author Tahereh Mafi. They announced via Instagram that they were expecting their first child in March. Their daughter was born in late May.