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Ransom Riggs is an American author best known for his New York Times bestselling novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its sequels. He was born on February 3, 1979 in Maryland, United States. Riggs attended the University of Southern California, where he studied film and creative writing. After graduating, he worked as a film editor and screenwriter. In 2011, he published his debut novel, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which was adapted into a 2016 film directed by Tim Burton. Riggs has since written two sequels to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City and Library of Souls, as well as the standalone novel, Tales of the Peculiar. He has also written a number of short stories and graphic novels. As of 2021, Ransom Riggs's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Age 45 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 3 February 1979
Birthday 3 February
Birthplace Maryland, U.S.
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His wife is Tahereh Mafi (m. 2013)

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2017

Riggs married author Tahereh Mafi in 2013. As of 2014, they live in Santa Monica, California. Their first child, a daughter, was born on May, 30, 2017.

2016

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.

2014

The second novel in the Miss Peregrine series, Hollow City, was released in January 2014, with the third installment, Library of Souls, following in September 2015. A spin-off book of short stories, Tales of the Peculiar, was released in September 2016. 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.

2012

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

2009

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.

1979

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

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, where he was a good friend of John Green. He later studied film at the University of Southern California.