Graeme Simsion

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Graeme C. Simsion
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Simsion in 2012
Born New Zealand
OccupationAuthor, Data Modeller
Education University of Melbourne
Deakin University
Monash University
Notable works The Rosie Project
Notable awards2012 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award; 2014 Australian Book Industry's Book of the Year
Spouse Anne Buist
Children2
Website
graemesimsion.com

Graeme C. Simsion is a New Zealand-born Australian author, screenwriter, playwright, and data modeller, best known for his first novel The Rosie Project .

Contents

Early life and education

Simsion was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia with his family when he was 12 years old. [1]

Prior to becoming an author, Simsion was an information systems consultant, co-authoring the book Data Modelling Essentials, and worked in wine distribution. [2] [3]

Literary career

Rosie novels

In 2012 Simsion won the Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book The Rosie Project . [4] [5] The novel was published by Text Publishing to critical acclaim in Australia in January 2014. [6] By March 2016 it had sold more than three and a half million copies in over 40 countries around the world. [7] [8]

Simsion initially wrote The Rosie Project as a screenplay, which has since been optioned to Sony Pictures Entertainment. [9]

A sequel titled The Rosie Effect , was published on 24 September 2014. [8]

The third and final book, The Rosie Result , was published in February 2019. [10]

Other novels

Simsion's third novel, The Best of Adam Sharp was published by Text Publishing in 2016. Its movie rights were optioned to Toni Collette’s company Vocab Films. [11]

Simsion's fourth novel Two Steps Forward, a collaboration with his wife Anne Buist, was published on 2 October 2017. [12] Its sequel, titled Two Steps Onward, was published in June 2021.

Personal life

Simsion is married to psychiatrist Anne Buist and has two children. [13]

In 2006 he obtained a PhD in data modelling from the University of Melbourne. [13]

Awards

The Rosie Project

The Rosie Effect

Other awards

Publications

Novels

Short stories

Technical

Short films and plays

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References

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  2. Simsion, Graeme; Witt, Graham (2004). Data Modeling Essentials (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA, USA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc. ISBN   9780126445510.
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  10. Simsion, Graeme (5 February 2019). The Rosie Result, book by Graeme Simsion. ISBN   9781925773477.
  11. Busch, Anita (23 May 2017). "Toni Collette Options Graeme Simsion Novel 'The Best of Adam Sharp' For Her Vocab Films" . Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  12. Simsion, Graeme; Buist, Anne (1 October 2018). Two Steps Forward, book by Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist. ISBN   9781925773118 . Retrieved 2 November 2019 via www.textpublishing.com.au.
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