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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

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

Media

How vintage photos inspired Ransom Riggs to write | authorcuts

Cover Art, Title, and On-Sale Date of Ransom Riggs’ Next Book Revealed

Dutton Books for Young Readers is publishing Ransom Riggs’ A MAP OF DAYS: The Fourth Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children on October 2, 2018.   USA Today broke this news Thursday afternoon, when the national newspaper also unveiled the book’s cover art (see below) and spoke with Riggs about what fans can expect in this next installation of the internationally

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Discover the Peculiar World of Ransom Riggs!

Published by Quirk Books in 2011, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children follows sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman as he journeys from a sleepy Florida suburb to a remote island off the coast of Wales. There he stumbles upon the ruins of Miss Peregrine’s orphanage and discovers the shocking fate of the children who lived there long

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