Ransom Riggs

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Ransom Riggs
Riggs in 2012
Riggs in 2012
Born (1979-02-03) February 3, 1979 (age 45)
Maryland, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
Alma materKenyon College
University of Southern California
GenreChildren's literature
Notable worksMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Spouse
(m. 2013)
Children1
Website
www.ransomriggs.com

Ransom Riggs (born February 3, 1979)[1] is an American writer and filmmaker best known for the book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

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.[2][3] He studied English literature at Kenyon College in Ohio,[4] where he was a good friend of John Green.[5] He later studied film at the University of Southern California.[6]

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.[6]

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.[6] 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.[7]

Another book inspired by old photographs, Talking Pictures, was published by HarperCollins in October 2012.[8]

The second novel in the Miss Peregrine series, Hollow City, was released in January 2014,[9] with the third installment, Library of Souls, following in September 2015.[10] A spin-off book of short stories, Tales of the Peculiar, was released in September 2016.[10] The fourth novel in the series, A Map of Days, was released in October 2018. The fifth novel in the series, The Conference of the Birds, was released in January 2020. The sixth, The Desolations of Devil's Acre, was released on February 23, 2021.[11]

Personal life

Riggs married author Tahereh Mafi in 2013. They lived in Santa Monica, California[12] and later moved to Irvine, California. Their first child, a daughter, Layla, was born on May 30, 2017.[13][14]

Works

Young adult novels

Miss Peregrine series

Stand-alone

  • Arcanum (2015)

Comics

Miss Peregrine series

  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (2011), with Cassandra Jean
  • Hollow City: The Graphic Novel (2016), with Cassandra Jean

Non-fiction

  • The Sherlock Holmes Handbook: The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective (2009), guide[23]
  • Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past (2012), photographies[24]

Adaptations

References

  1. ^ "Ransom Riggs". IMDb. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Ransom Riggs - Bio". ransomriggs.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012.
  3. ^ Medley, Mark (June 21, 2011). "Freak chic: The "universal creepiness" of Ransom Riggs' new novel". National Post. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Kit, Borys (May 17, 2011). "Heated auction begins by studios for unpublished book". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011.
  5. ^ "Very Peculiar". Kenyon.edu. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Rife, Susan (December 16, 2011). "Ransom Riggs visits alma mater to discuss 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012.
  7. ^ "Best Sellers - Children's Chapter Books". The New York Times. August 21, 2011. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013.
  8. ^ "Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past by Ransom Riggs". Harper Collins. October 5, 2012. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012.
  9. ^ "Announcing the HOLLOW CITY tour!" (Press release). December 31, 2013. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014.
  10. ^ a b Romney, Ginny (February 21, 2015). "Author Ransom Riggs draws inspiration from old photos for Peculiar Children series, sequel 'Hollow City". Deseret News.
  11. ^ "Miss Peregrine's Book Six: All we know about the release date, cover, plot". Bookstacked. October 30, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  12. ^ "The Future of Books Is Experimental: At Home with Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs". Mental Floss. February 27, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  13. ^ "birth announcement". Instagram.
  14. ^ "How Author Tahereh Mafi Made Her Family-Friendly Kitchen Her Own". Architectural Digest. August 2, 2021.
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