Ransom Riggs (born February 3, 1979)
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 in
Ohio,
where he was a good friend of
John Green.
He later 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.
Another book inspired by old photographs, Talking Pictures, was published by HarperCollins in October 2012.
The second novel in the Miss Peregrine series, Hollow City, was released in January 2014,
Personal life
Riggs married author
Tahereh Mafi in 2013. They lived in Santa Monica, California
and later moved to Irvine, California. Their first child, a daughter, Layla, was born on May 30, 2017.
Works
Miss Peregrine series
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011)
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Hollow City (2014)
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Library of Souls (2015)
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A Map of Days (2018)
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The Conference of the Birds (2020)
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The Desolations of Devil's Acre (2021)
Companion Books
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Tales of the Peculiar (2016), short stories collection
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Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders: An Indispensable Guide to the Dangers and Delights of the Peculiar World for the Instruction of New Arrivals (2022)
Sunderworld series
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Sunderworld, Vol. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry (2024)
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Sunderworld, Vol. II: The Unfortunate Responsibilities of Leopold Berry (2026)
Comics
Miss Peregrine series
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (2011), with Cassandra Jean
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Hollow City: The Graphic Novel (2016), with Cassandra Jean
Non-fiction
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The Sherlock Holmes Handbook: The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective (2009), guide
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Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past (2012), photographies
Adaptations
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), film directed by Tim Burton, based on young adult novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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