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Graeme C. Simsion is an Australian author, screenwriter, playwright and data

Graeme C. Simsion
modeller.[1]
Born Auckland, New
Zealand
Occupation Author, consultancy
Contents manager, data
modeller
Career
Nationality Australian, New
Personal life
Zealander, British
Awards
The Rosie Effect Education University of
The Rosie Project Melbourne
Other Awards Deakin University
Monash University
Publications
Novels Notable 2012 Victorian
awards Premier's
Short Stories
Technical Unpublished
Manuscript Award
Short Films and Plays
2014 Australian Book
References Industry's Book of the
External links Year
Spouse Anne Buist
Children 2
Career Website
Simsion was an information systems consultant and wrote two books and several graemesimsion.com
papers about data-modelling. He established a consulting business in 1982 and sold
it in 1999. At that time Simsion Bowles and Associates had over seventy staff.[2] He co-founded a wine distribution business, Pinot
Now with Steven Naughton.[3] In 2006 he obtained a PhD degree from theUniversity of Melbournein the area of data modeling.[4]

Simsion won the 2012 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book, The Rosie Project.[5][6] Text Publishing sold
the rights to the book internationally for over $1.8m.[7] The Rosie Project was published in Australia in January 2014,[8] and has
since sold more than three and a half million copies in over forty countries around the world.[9][10] Simsion initially wrote The Rosie
Project as a screenplay, which has since been optioned to Sony Pictures Entertainment.[11] A sequel titled The Rosie Effect, was
published on 24 September 2014 by Text Publishing.[10]

Simsion’s third novel, The Best of Adam Sharp, about a relationship rekindled, was published by Text Publishing in 2016 with movie
rights optioned to Toni Collette’s company Vocab Films.[12] Simsion’s fourth novel is a collaboration with hiswife, Anne Buist, titled
Two Steps Forward, a story of middle-aged renewal set on the Chemin de St Jacques / Camino de Santiago. It was published on
October 2, 2017.[13]

Personal life
Simsion is married to Anne Buist and has two children.[4]

Awards

The Rosie Effect

Indie Book Awards, shortlisted, 2015[10]
Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, shortlisted, 2015[10]
Australian Book Industry General Fiction Award, shortlisted, 2015[10]

The Rosie Project

International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Ireland, longlisted, 2015[8]
ear, Winner, 2014[14]
Australian Book Industry's Book of the Y
Yar, winner, 2014[15]
Australian Book Industry's General Fiction Book of the e
Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, shortlisted, 2014[8]
wards, shortlisted, 2014[8]
Best Debut Fiction, Independent Booksellers of Australia A
Waverton Good Read Award, United Kingdom, shortlisted, 2014[8]
The Indie Awards, shortlisted, 2014[8]
, 2012[16]
Victorian Premier's Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript, Winner

Other Awards
[17]
Doctor of Communication Honoris Causa - RMIT
The Age Short Story Award 2012 – second with his storyThree Encounters with the Physical[18]
Stringybark Seven Deadly Sins Award 2012 second with his story Eulogy for a Sinner[6]
Stringybark Short Story Award 2012 three Highly Commended stories that appear in the bookThe Road Home[6]
Twisted Stringybark Award 2012 two Highly Commended stories that appear in the bookTainted Innocence[6]
Stringybark Flash Fiction Award 2012 one Highly Commended story, Cutting that appears in the bookBehind the
Wattles[6]
Fellowship of Australian Writers Jennifer Burbidge A
ward 2007 one Highly Commended story, The Klara Project –
Phase 1 that appears in the bookThe Enveloope Please 2007[19]

Publications

Novels
The Rosie Result, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2019ISBN 9781925773477
Two Steps Forward, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2017ISBN 9781925498776
The Best of Adam Sharp, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2016ISBN 9781925355888
The Rosie Effect, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2014ISBN 9781922182104
The Rosie Project, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2012ISBN 9781922079770

Short Stories
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.[20]
A Visit to the Other Side, Conde Nast Traveller, 2013.
 A ard, 2013.[21]
Three Encounters with the Physical, The Age Short Story w
Cutting, Behind the Wattles, 2012.[22]
Eulogy for a Sinner, Seven Deadly Sins, 2012.[23]
[24]
A Confession in Three Parts, The Road Home, 2012.
Savoir Faire, The Road Home, 2012.[24]
Natural Selection, The Road Home, 2012.[24]
A Short Submission to the Coroner, Tainted Innocence, 2012.[25]
GSOH, Tainted Innocence, 2012.[25]
The Klara Project Phase 1, The Envelope Please, 2007.

Technical
Simsion, Milton and Shanks: "Data Modeling: Description or Design?" Information and Management, May 2012.
"Data Modelling: Theory and Practice" by Graeme Simsion, 2007, echnics
T Publications, ISBN 978-0977140015
"Data Modelling Essentials" by Graeme Simsion & Graham Witt, 2004 3rd ed, Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco
ISBN 0126445516
Moody, D and Simsion, G: "Justifying Investment in Information Resource Management", Australian Journal of
Information Systems, September 1995.
"A Structured Approach to Data Modelling", 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.

Short Films and Plays

Thought Tracker, Producer, Premiere: Westside Shorts, 2013
Decisions, Writer-Producer, Premiere: Westside Shorts, 2012
The Prince, Writer-Producer, Premiere: Westside Shorts, 2012
The Perfect Gift, Writer-Producer, (Director: Carley Sheffield), Premiere: Toronto Urban Film Festival, 2012
Reason for Living, Producer-Director, Premiere: Bondi Film Festival, 2012
Push Up, Writer-Producer, (Director: Jason Christou), Premiere: Flickerfest Film Festival, Sydney, 2010
The Last Bottle, Writer-Producer, (Directors Michael Carsen and Beth Child), Premiere: Zero Film Festival (New
York), 2010, ABC Television, 2010
Transformation, Writer-Producer, (Director: Rebecca Peniston-Bird), Premiere: St Kilda Film Festival, 2009, ABC
Television, 2010
Red Porsche, Writer-Producer, (Director: Chris Wurm), Premiere: Westside Shorts, 2009
Turning Back the Clocks,Writer-Producer, (Director: Michael Carsen), Premiere: Janison Short and Sharp Film
Festival, 2009
Prisoner's Dilemma, Writer, Premiere: Short and Sweet Festival, Melbourne, 2008
Hot Water, Writer, Premiere: Defector Theatre, Melbourne, 2008
Key Change, Writer-Producer, (Director: David Grant), Premiere: Katoomba Film Festival, 2008

References
1. Steger,Jason "A First Date with Destiny"(http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/a-first-date-with-destiny-20
130125-2dbw2.html), The Age 26 January 2012
2. "Text Publishing – Graeme Simsion"(http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/author/graeme-simsion/)
Text
Publishing biography 2013
3. "Pinot Now About Us" (http://www.pinotnow.com.au/_Information/Who-are-we.asp)Archived (https://web.archive.org/
web/20130203072845/http://www.pinotnow.com.au/_Information/Who-are-we.asp)3 February 2013 at theWayback
Machine.
4. Tippet, Gary (4 May 2015)."Author, author" (http://mag.alumni.unimelb.edu.au/author-author/)
. 3010 – Melbourne
University Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
5. "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript: Winner Announced"(http://wheelercentre.com/da
ilies/post/86483ae121d0/). The Wheeler Centre. 4 June 2012.
 ilies/post/86483ae121d0/). The Wheeler Centre. 4 June 2012.
6. "Stringybark Stories Author profile"(http://www.stringybarkstories.net/The_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award/Author_p
rofiles_-_Simsion.html)Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20130227031804/http://www .stringybarkstories.net/Th
e_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award/Author_profiles_-_Simsion.html)27 February 2013 at theWayback Machine. Nov
2012
7. "No Lounging Around as New Author Gains Ground"(http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/no-lounging-around-as-new-
writer-gains-ground-20120927-26o3j.html), The Age 28 September 2012
8. "The Rosie Project" (https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-rosie-project). www.textpublishing.com.au.
Retrieved 2015-11-30.
9. https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-rosie-project
10. "The Rosie Effect" (https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-rosie-effect). www.textpublishing.com.au. Retrieved
2015-11-30.
11. "Rosy film future for Rosie Project"(http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/rosy-film-future-for-rosie-project-20
130427-2ill9.html). The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
12. http://deadline.com/2017/05/toni-collette-graeme-simsion-the-best-of-adam-sharp-vocab-films-1202099473/
13. https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/two-steps-forward
14. Author of 'The Rosie Project' awarded Book of the Y
ear prize (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-29/author-of-the-
rosie-project-awarded-book-of-the/5486064)– ABC news
15. Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project namedAustralian Book of the Year (http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/bo
oks-magazines/graeme-simsions-the-rosie-project-named-australian-book-of-the-year/story-fn9412vp-12269293651
10) – news.com.au
16. "The Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript"(http://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-award
s-2012/the-prize-for-an-unpublished-manuscript). The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
17. "It's Graduation time!" (http://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2014/december/its-graduation-time/). RMIT University.
18. Simsion,Graeme "Three Encounters with the Physical"(http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/three-encou
nters-with-the-physical-20130111-2cl32.html)The Age 12 January 2013
19. "FAW Results" (http://www.writers.asn.au/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2007.PDF) Archived (https://web.archive.org/w
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External links
"Simsion & Associates"
Evans, Kate (24 February 2013)."Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project". ABC Radio National – Books +.
Cathcart, Michael (6 November 2014)."Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Effect". ABC Radio National – Books and Arts
Daily.

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