Ransom Riggs – contemporary American author, best known for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and Library of Souls, with Tim Burton adapting the series to film. Raised in Florida and trained in USC film school, he blends vintage photography with eerie imagination. His style sits between gothic fantasy and whimsical folklore.
📸 He began writing inspired by found old photographs. 🏫 Studied filmmaking at USC, once aiming to direct movies. 🎥 Collaborated with Tim Burton on the film adaptation. 📚 His series became an international bestseller, translated worldwide. 🖋 Wrote scripts and essays before novels. 🌴 Grew up in sunny Florida yet loved dark tales. 📷 Collects odd vintage photos that shaped his characters. 👓 Married to fellow writer Tahereh Mafi. 📖 His books are dubbed “gothic fairy tales of the 21st century.” 🌍 Global fandom includes elaborate cosplay of his heroes. 😄 Joked that his “true gift is unearthing creepy photos in dusty albums.”