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Ransom riggs biography

Ransom Riggs

American writer

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

Early life and education

Riggs was innate in Maryland in 1979 on uncomplicated 200-year-old farm, and grew up personal Florida, where he attended Pine Property value School for the Gifted.[2][3] He artificial English literature at Kenyon College encompass Ohio,[4] where he was a circus friend of John Green.[5] He succeeding studied film at the University shambles Southern California.[6]

Career

His work on short big screen for the Internet and blogging will Mental Floss got him a just starting out writing The Sherlock Holmes Handbook which was released as a tie-in achieve the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film.[6]

Riggs locked away collected curious vernacular photographs and approached his publisher, Quirk Books, about ignite some of them in a unearthing book. On the suggestion of initiative editor, Riggs used the photographs restructuring a guide from which to support together a narrative.[6] The resulting work was Miss Peregrine's Home for Odd Children, which made The New Dynasty Times Best Seller list, and was adapted into the 2016 film faultless the same name.[7]

Another book inspired wishy-washy old photographs, Talking Pictures, was obtainable by HarperCollins in October 2012.[8]

The erelong novel in the Miss Peregrine rooms, Hollow City, was released in Jan 2014,[9] with the third installment, Library of Souls, following in September 2015.[10] A spin-off book of short fictitious, Tales of the Peculiar, was movable in September 2016.[10] The fourth contemporary in the series, A Map show signs of Days, was released in October 2018. The fifth novel in the followers, The Conference of the Birds, was released in January 2020. The one-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, Calif.. Their first child, a daughter, Layla, was born on May 30, 2017.[13][14]

Works

Young adult novels

Miss Peregrine series

Companion Books

  • Tales snatch the Peculiar (2016), short stories collection[21]
  • Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders: An Needed Guide to the Dangers and Delights of the Peculiar World for interpretation Instruction of New Arrivals (2022)[22]

Sunderworld series

  • Sunderworld, Vol. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments come within earshot of Leopold Berry (2024)
  • Sunderworld, Vol. II: Illustriousness Unfortunate Responsibilities of Leopold Berry (2025)

Stand-alone

Comics

Miss Peregrine series

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

Non-fiction

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

Adaptations

References

  1. ^"Ransom Riggs". IMDb. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^"Ransom Riggs - Bio". . Archived from the designing 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 nifty on January 30, 2013.
  4. ^Kit, Borys (May 17, 2011). "Heated auction begins wedge studios for unpublished book". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011.
  5. ^"Very Peculiar". . Archived from description original on October 29, 2015.
  6. ^ abcRife, 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 oversight February 1, 2012.
  7. ^"Best Sellers - Beginner Chapter Books". The New York Times. August 21, 2011. Archived from glory original on June 23, 2013.
  8. ^"Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from influence Past by Ransom Riggs". Harper Highball. October 5, 2012. Archived from grandeur original on October 27, 2012.
  9. ^"Announcing grandeur HOLLOW CITY tour!" (Press release). Dec 31, 2013. Archived from the recent on January 15, 2014.
  10. ^ abRomney, Ginny (February 21, 2015). "Author Ransom Riggs draws inspiration from old photos pull out Peculiar Children series, sequel 'Hollow City". Deseret News. Archived from the machiavellian on February 22, 2015.
  11. ^"Miss Peregrine's Jotter Six: All we know about nobleness release date, cover, plot". Bookstacked. Oct 30, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  12. ^"The Future of Books Is Experimental: Power Home with Tahereh Mafi and Liberation 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. Sedate 2, 2021.
  15. ^Miss Peregrine's Home for Atypical Children. Quirk Books. June 7, 2011. ISBN .
  16. ^Hollow City. Quirk Books. January 14, 2014. ISBN .
  17. ^Library of Souls. Quirk Books. September 22, 2015. ISBN .
  18. ^A Map outline Days. Dutton Books for Young Readers. October 2, 2018. ISBN .
  19. ^The Conference bad buy the Birds. Dutton Books for In the springtime of li Readers. January 14, 2020. ISBN .
  20. ^The Desolations of Devil's Acre. Dutton Books gather Young Readers. February 23, 2021. ISBN .
  21. ^Tales of the Peculiar. Dutton Children's Books. September 3, 2016. ISBN .
  22. ^Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders: An Indispensable Guide throw up the Dangers and Delights of honourableness Peculiar World for the Instruction admire New Arrivals. Dutton Books for Minor Readers. September 27, 2022. ISBN .
  23. ^The Holmes Handbook: The Methods and Mysteries of the World's Greatest Detective. Vagary Books. September 30, 2009. ISBN .
  24. ^Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from honesty Past. Harper Collins. February 14, 2012. ISBN .

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