Ransom Riggs

Born

in The United States

February 03, 1979

Website

http://www.ransomriggs.com

Genre

Young Adult, Arts & Photography, Mystery & Thrillers

Hi, I'm Ransom, and I like to tell stories. Sometimes I tell them with words, sometimes with pictures, often with both. I grew up on a farm on the Eastern shore of Maryland and also in a little house by the beach in Englewood, Florida where I got very tan and swam every day until I became half fish. I started writing stories when I was young, on an old typewriter that jammed and longhand on legal pads. When I was a little older I got a camera for Christmas and became obsessed with photography, and when I was a little older still my friends and I came into possession of a half-broken video camera and began to make our own movies, starring ourselves, using our bedrooms and backyards for sets. I have loved writing stories and taking ...more

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Scar Beneath My Sleeve

I made this short film about a tragedy that happened in my neighborhood.

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	Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 564,267 ratings — published 2011 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 108,345 ratings — published 2014 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 49,227 ratings — published 2015 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Graphic Novels, #1) by Ransom Riggs, Cassandra Jean (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 5,611 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the Peculiar (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #0.5) by Ransom Riggs, Andrew Davidson (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 4,901 ratings — published 2016 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past 4.13 avg rating — 2,110 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sherlock Holmes Handbook by Ransom Riggs, Eugene Smith (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 748 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Graphic Novels, #2) by Ransom Riggs, Cassandra Jean (Goodreads Author) (Visual Art) 4.18 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1-3) 4.46 avg rating — 917 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Peregrine's Journal for Peculiar Children 4.27 avg rating — 52 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children (3 books)
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Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Graphic Novels (2 books)
by Ransom Riggs, Cassandra Jean (Goodreads Author) (Visual Art)
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“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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“When someone won't let you in, eventually you stop knocking.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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“We cling to our fairy tales until the price for believing in them becomes too high.”
― Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

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