Graeme Simsion


Graeme C. Simsion is an Australian author, screenwriter, playwright and data modeller. Prior to becoming an author, Simsion was an information systems consultant, co-authoring the book Data Modelling Essentials, and worked in wine distribution.

Literary career

Don Tillman novels

In 2012 Simsion won the Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book The Rosie Project.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. It has since sold more than three and a half million copies in over forty 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.

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.
Simsion's fourth novel Two Steps Forward, a collaboration with his wife Anne Buist, was published on 2 October 2017.

Personal life

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

Awards

''The Rosie Project''

Novels