In 2012 he published another book inspired by old photographs, called Talking Pictures, and eventually followed Miss Peregrine's Home with two sequels: Hollow Cityin 2014 and Library of Soulsin 2015. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was his second project, which came about after he approached his publisher Quirk Books with some photographs to turn into a narrative. This blogging led to a job writing a book called The Sherlock Holmes Handbook that went along with the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film. However, this dream did not pan out, and he instead spent much of his time writing scripts or blogging for Mental Floss. They feature atmospheric islands and time loops and children with strange powers and talking heads impaled on pikes, among other things. After graduating from the University of Southern California with a film degree, he attempted to enter the film festival circuit and get discovered. I wrote the Peculiar Children books, which began with Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children in 2011, Hollow City in 2013, and Library of Souls, which just came out two weeks ago. Riggs began writing stories, taking photographs, and making movies when he was young, and continued cultivating these interests into adulthood. He is best known for writing the young adult novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which resulted from collecting old photographs. He grew up in Englewood, Florida and attended Pine View School for the Gifted before receiving a degree in English literature from Kenyon College and one in film from the University of Southern California. Ransom Riggs was born on a farm in Maryland in 1980.

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs