Graeme Simsion

• Name — Graeme C. Simsion • Birthplace — New Zealand • Occupation — Author and data modeller • Education — University of Melbourne Deakin University Monash University • Notable Works — The Rosie Project • Spouse — Anne Buist • Children — 2 • Awards — 2012 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award; 2014 Australian Book Industry's Book of the Year • Website — http: graemesimsion.com/

Simsion was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia with his family when he was 12 years old. Prior to becoming an author, Simsion was an information systems consultant, co-authoring the book Data Modelling Essentials, and worked in wine distribution.

In 2012 Simsion won the Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book The Rosie Project. The novel was published by Text Publishing to critical acclaim in Australia in January 2014. By March 2016 it had sold more than three and a half million copies in over 40 countries around the world. Simsion initially wrote The Rosie Project as a screenplay, which has since been optioned to Sony Pictures Entertainment. A sequel titled The Rosie Effect, was published on 24 September 2014. The third and final book, The Rosie Result, was published in February 2019.

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

Simsion is married to psychiatrist Anne Buist and has two children. In 2006 he obtained a PhD in data modelling from the University of Melbourne.

• International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Ireland, longlisted, 2015 • Australian Book Industry's Book of the Year, Winner, 2014 • Australian Book Industry's General Fiction Book of the Year, winner, 2014 • Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, shortlisted, 2014 • Best Debut Fiction, Independent Booksellers of Australia Awards, shortlisted, 2014 • Waverton Good Read Award, United Kingdom, shortlisted, 2014 • The Indie Awards, shortlisted, 2014 • Victorian Premier's Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript, Winner, 2012

• Indie Book Awards, shortlisted, 2015 • Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, shortlisted, 2015 • Australian Book Industry General Fiction Award, shortlisted, 2015

• Two Steps Onward, with Anne Buist, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2021 • The Rosie Result, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2019 • Two Steps Forward, with Anne Buist, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2017 • The Best of Adam Sharp, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2016 • The Rosie Effect, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2014 • The Rosie Project, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2012

• Intervention on the Number 3 Tram, Review of Australian Fiction, 2017. • Like It Was Yesterday, Review of Australian Fiction, 2015. • The Life and Times of Greasy Joe, The Big Issue, 2015. • A Visit to the Other Side, Conde Nast Traveller, 2013. • Three Encounters with the Physical, The Age Short Story Award, 2013. • Cutting, Behind the Wattles, 2012. • Eulogy for a Sinner, Seven Deadly Sins, 2012. • A Confession in Three Parts, The Road Home, 2012. • Savoir Faire, The Road Home, 2012. • Natural Selection, The Road Home, 2012. • A Short Submission to the Coroner, Tainted Innocence, 2012. • GSOH, Tainted Innocence, 2012. • The Klara Project Phase 1, The Envelope Please, 2007.

• Simsion, Milton and Shanks: "Data Modeling: Description or Design?" Information and Management, May 2012. • "Data Modeling: Theory and Practice" by Graeme Simsion, 2007, Technics Publications, • "Data Modeling Essentials" by Graeme Simsion & Graham Witt, 2004 3rd ed, Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco • Moody, D and Simsion, G: "Justifying Investment in Information Resource Management", Australian Journal of Information Systems, September 1995. • "A Structured Approach to Data Modeling", Australian Computer Journal, August,1989. • Simsion, G.C and Symington, J.A: "A Comparison of Network and Relational Database Architectures in a Commercial Environment", Australian Computer Journal, November 1981.