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Australian writer and data modeller From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Graeme C. Simsion is a New Zealand-born Australian author, screenwriter, playwright, and data modeller, best known for his first novel The Rosie Project.
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| Born | New Zealand |
| Occupation | Author and data modeller |
| Education | University of Melbourne Deakin University Monash University |
| Notable works | The Rosie Project |
| Notable awards | 2012 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award; 2014 Australian Book Industry's Book of the Year |
| Spouse | Anne Buist |
| Children | 2 |
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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]
In 2012 Simsion won the Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book The Rosie Project.[4][5] The novel was published by Text Publishing to critical acclaim in Australia in January 2014.[6] By March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]
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.
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]
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