To achieve high ratings in the literary market, it is very important for a writer to choose a topic that is in demand. Sometimes the choice is made by accident. Riggs Rensom is a gifted writer. And a lucky man.
Farmer's son
America is an amazing country with a mild climate. People who are farming on their farms love their job. The famous American writer Rensom Riggs was born on February 3, 1979 in a family of farmers. From an early age, a child dreamed of working on a tractor - plowing the land, sowing corn and transporting the crop to his ranch. The boy was brought up as a man, a caring and diligent owner.
When Rensom went to school, his ideas about his own future gradually changed. The future writer was enrolled in a college for gifted children. I learned to read early. He began attending a film studio that operated within the walls of an educational institution. The magic of cinema fascinated the boy from the first lessons. Imitating famous actors and directors, he began to compose small scripts and shoot short films based on these scripts.
Professional activity
After graduating from college, Riggs went to Los Angeles to pursue a degree in filmmaking. Simultaneously with his studies, he started collecting old photographs. After a while, a large number of photographs were collected in the archive. From an early age, Rensom, who possessed creative thinking, generated original ideas and made non-standard decisions. This happened with a careful study of the photographs that turned yellow from time to time. The idea came to him to write a book.
A book for children and adolescents with suitable illustrations. More than a year has passed from idea to implementation. During this period, Rensom was not distracted by extraneous matters. He sat at his desk all day. Writing was not so easy as it looks from the outside. But Riggs, like a keen surfer, caught the wave and enjoyed the creativity. The novel in the genre of "soft" fiction "House of Strange Children" came out from under the printing press in 2012.
Personal life plots
The first novel, quite unexpectedly for the author, was liked by readers and critics. In the press and on television, requests for a sequel began to sound. Riggs, after a moment's hesitation, sat down at his computer and wrote the sequel "Escape from the House of Peculiar Children." The second book was published in 2014. Writing career was developing successfully, but the author, having written the third part of the novel "The Vault of Souls", put an end to it.
Little is known about the writer's personal life, although he makes no secret of this topic. Riggs is officially married. The wife is also engaged in writing. Her ancestors are from Iran. The husband and wife are raising and raising their daughter. What the girl will do in adulthood is not yet clear. Parents love her, but do not pamper her.
