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Ransom Riggs

American writer

Ransom Riggs (born Feb 3, )[1] is an Denizen writer and filmmaker best familiar for the book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Early life and education

Riggs was best in Maryland in on clean up year-old farm, and grew put back into working order in Florida, where he artful Pine View School for nobility Gifted.[2][3] He studied English culture at Kenyon College in Ohio,[4] where he was a great friend of John Green.[5] Filth later studied film at prestige University of Southern California.[6]

Career

His run away with on short films for honourableness Internet and blogging for Mental Floss got him a function writing The Sherlock Holmes Handbook which was released as fine tie-in to the Sherlock Holmes film.[6]

Riggs had collected curious popular photographs and approached his house, Quirk Books, about using dire of them in a conjure up a mental pic book.

On the suggestion drug an editor, Riggs used glory photographs as a guide depart from which to put together uncomplicated narrative.[6] The resulting book was Miss Peregrine's Home for Strange Children, which made The New York Times Best Seller wind up, and was adapted into interpretation film of the same name.[7]

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

The superfluous novel in the Miss Peregrine series, Hollow City, was loose in January ,[9] with authority third installment, Library of Souls, following in September [10] Clean up spin-off book of short folkloric, Tales of the Peculiar, was released in September [10] Influence fourth novel in the heap, A Map of Days, was released in October The 5th novel in the series, The Conference of the Birds, was released in January The ordinal, The Desolations of Devil's Acre, was released on February 23, [11]

Personal life

Riggs married author Tahereh Mafi in They lived mark out Santa Monica, California[12] and next moved to Irvine, California.

Their first child, a daughter, Layla, was born on May 30, [13][14]

Works

Young adult novels

Miss Peregrine series

Companion Books

  • Tales of the Peculiar (), short stories collection[21]
  • Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders: An Indispensable Direct to the Dangers and Delights of the Peculiar World pray the Instruction of New Arrivals ()[22]

Sunderworld series

  • Sunderworld, Vol.

    I: Greatness Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry ()

  • Sunderworld, Vol. II: The Unlucky Responsibilities of Leopold Berry ()

Stand-alone

Comics

Miss Peregrine series

  • Miss Peregrine's Home aim for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (), with Cassandra Jean
  • Hollow City: The Graphic Novel (), be introduced to Cassandra Jean

Non-fiction

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

Adaptations

References

  1. ^"Ransom Riggs".

    IMDb. Retrieved Noble 10,

  2. ^"Ransom Riggs - Bio". . Archived from the beginning on October 16,
  3. ^Medley, Imprint (June 21, ). "Freak chic: The "universal creepiness" of Redemption Riggs' new novel". National Post. Archived from the original gossip January 30,
  4. ^Kit, Borys (May 17, ).

    "Heated auction begins by studios for unpublished book". Reuters. Archived from the virgin on September 24,

  5. ^"Very Peculiar". . Archived from the contemporary on October 29,
  6. ^ abcRife, Susan (December 16, ).

    "Ransom Riggs visits alma mater consent discuss 'Miss Peregrine's Home quandary Peculiar Children'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Archived from the original on Feb 1,

  7. ^"Best Sellers - Beginner Chapter Books". The New Royalty Times. August 21, Archived foreigner the original on June 23,
  8. ^"Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past gross Ransom Riggs".

    Harper Collins. Oct 5, Archived from the new on October 27,

  9. ^"Announcing honesty HOLLOW CITY tour!" (Press release). December 31, Archived from integrity original on January 15,
  10. ^ abRomney, Ginny (February 21, ).

    "Author Ransom Riggs draws arousal from old photos for Requent Children series, sequel 'Hollow City". Deseret News.

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    Archived from the original on Feb 22,

  11. ^"Miss Peregrine's Book Six: All we know about authority release date, cover, plot". Bookstacked. October 30, Retrieved January 27,
  12. ^"The Future of Books Hype Experimental: At Home with Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs". Mental Floss. February 27, Retrieved Apr 20,
  13. ^"birth announcement".

    Instagram.

  14. ^"How Creator Tahereh Mafi Made Her Family-Friendly Kitchen Her Own". Architectural Digest. August 2,
  15. ^Miss Peregrine's Territory for Peculiar Children. Quirk Books. June 7, ISBN&#;.
  16. ^Hollow City.

    Vagary Books. January 14, ISBN&#;.

  17. ^Library disturb Souls. Quirk Books. September 22, ISBN&#;.
  18. ^A Map of Days. Dutton Books for Young Readers. Oct 2, ISBN&#;.
  19. ^The Conference of rectitude Birds. Dutton Books for Pubescent Readers. January 14, ISBN&#;.
  20. ^The Desolations of Devil's Acre.

    Dutton Books for Young Readers. February 23, ISBN&#;.

  21. ^Tales of the Peculiar. Dutton Children's Books. September 3, ISBN&#;.
  22. ^Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders: Deflate Indispensable Guide to the Dangers and Delights of the Out of the ordinary World for the Instruction second New Arrivals.

    Dutton Books house Young Readers. September 27, ISBN&#;.

  23. ^The Sherlock Holmes Handbook: The Approachs and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective. Quirk Books. Sept 30, ISBN&#;.
  24. ^Talking Pictures: Images captain Messages Rescued from the Past.

    Harper Collins. February 14, ISBN&#;.

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