Because of this he decided to go to Kenyon College and work hard to study English. Though he was not only interested in writing he was also taken to the idea of making movies. Ransom Riggs talks highly of his own experiences at the University and he also explains that the opportunities he had here changed his life. Here he met many brilliant people that helped him to reinforce his self-belief and encouraged him to believe he could spend his life writing captivating books. He realized that he enjoyed these activities and he was interested to explore skills more thoroughly later in life.ĭuring high school he spent three summers attending the University of Virginia’s Young Writers Workshop. At this stage in his childhood he established his passion for creating imaginative stories and producing films. Ransom Riggs and his classmates would spend many afternoons in each-others backyards making up stories and preparing videos. He did not have any access to Internet or television, forcing Ransom and his friends make their own fun. It is hard to believe that when he was growing up he did have the same technology as we do now. Though once Ransom’s family moved to Florida he began to become bored. He believed this would be an ideal occupation because this would allow him to ride tractors. As he spent his early childhood on a farm, it was no surprise that at the age of five he wanted to grow up to become a farmer. Ransom Riggs was born in Maryland on a farm that is 200 years old.
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