As writers, we have to make our own work – as bloggers, writing for video games, whatever we can do. Everyone breaks into the business in a different way. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
I grew up in Florida, which is the land of flea markets and swap meets. My grandmother loved to go these places, and she’d take me along. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
I was looking for some vintage furniture, and I came across this booth where they sold old pictures. This guy didn’t just have things in a box; he had really curated his collection. Each image was like this little folk masterpiece. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
I happen to collect the weird stuff – photos that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little. The uncanny. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
The Tales’ are an important part of ‘Hollow City,’ when the kids discover secrets encoded in them that end up saving their lives. I wrote two tales as part of ‘Hollow City,’ and spent the next couple of years finishing the trilogy but itching to write more tales. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
It never occurred to me that there were so many wonderful photos that had been orphaned and were out there in the world, waiting to be found. Over time, I found a lot of very strange pictures of kids, and I wanted to know who they were, what their stories were. Since the photos had no context, I decided I needed to make it up. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
