Since its publication in June 2011, this offbeat blend of supernatural fantasy and vintage photography has dominated the YA best-seller lists-and with a Tim Burton adaptation arriving in 2016, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children shows no sign of slowing down.
Ransom Riggs grew up in Florida. His hobbies include wreck diving and collecting vintage photography. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, bestselling author Tahereh Mafi.
"A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The
photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an
unforgettable story."-John Green, New York Times
best-selling author of Looking for Alaska and Paper
Towns
"Readers searching for the next Harry Potter may want to visit
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children."-CNN
"Riggs deftly moves between fantasy and reality, prose and
photography to create an enchanting and at times positively
terrifying story."-Associated Press
"I read all of the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children books
and I loved them."-Florence of Florence + The Machine
"[A] thrilling, Tim Burton-esque tale with haunting
photographs."-USA Today Pop Candy
"With its X-Men: First Class-meets-time-travel story line,
David Lynchian imagery, and rich, eerie detail, it's no wonder
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has been snapped
up by Twentieth Century Fox. B+"-Entertainment Weekly
"Peculiar' doesn't even begin to cover it. Riggs' chilling,
wondrous novel is already headed to the movies."-People
"You'll love it if you want a good thriller for the summer. It's a
mystery, and you'll race to solve it before Jacob figures it out
for himself."-Seventeen
"This peculiar parable is pure perfection."-Justine
magazine
"One of the coolest, creepiest YA books."-PopSugar
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