Ransom Riggs, author portrait
© Tahereh Mafi

Ransom Riggs

Ransom Riggs is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children novels. Riggs was born on a farm in Maryland and grew up in southern Florida. He studied literature at Kenyon College and film at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, bestselling author Tahereh Mafi, and their family.
Sunderworld, Vol. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry
Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders
The Desolations of Devil's Acre
The Conference of the Birds
A Map of Days
Tales of the Peculiar
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

How vintage photos inspired Ransom Riggs to write | authorcuts

Books

Sunderworld, Vol. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry
Miss Peregrine's Museum of Wonders
The Desolations of Devil's Acre
The Conference of the Birds
A Map of Days
Tales of the Peculiar
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Media

How vintage photos inspired Ransom Riggs to write | authorcuts

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