Graeme Simsion

Graeme C. Simsion
Born	Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Author, consultancy manager, data modeller
Nationality	Australian, NZ, UK
Education	2014 Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing, RMIT 2013 Advanced Diploma of Screenwriting, RMIT 2006 PhD, University of Melbourne 1986 MBA, Deakin University 1984 GDipC&IS, Monash University 1976 BSc, Monash University
Notable awards	2012 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award 2014 Australian Book Industry's Book of the Year
Spouse	Professor Anne Buist
Children	2
Website
graemesimsion.com

Graeme C. Simsion FACS is an Australian author, screenwriter, playwright and data modeller.^[1]

Career

Simsion won the 2012 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book, The Rosie Project.^[2][3] Text Publishing has sold the rights to the book internationally for over $1.8m.^[4] The Rosie Project was published in Australia in January 2014,^[5] and has since sold more than a million copies in over forty countries around the world.^[6] Simsion initially wrote The Rosie Project as a screenplay, which has since been optioned to Sony Pictures Entertainment.^[7] A sequel to The Rosie Project, titled The Rosie Effect, was published on 24 September 2014 by Text Publishing.^[6] Simsion has announced that his third novel will be about a relationship rekindled and titled The Best of Adam Sharp.^[8] He and his wife Anne Buist are also collaborating on a novel set on the Camino de Santiago.^[9]

Prior to writing fiction he was an information systems consultant and wrote two books and several 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.^[10] He co-founded a wine distribution business, Pinot Now with Steven Naughton.^[11] In 2006 he obtained a PhD degree from the University of Melbourne in the area of data modeling.^[12]

He is married to Professor Anne Buist and has two children.^[12]

Awards

The Rosie Effect

• Indie Book Awards, Shortlisted, 2015^[6]
• Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, Shortlisted, 2015^[6]
• Australian Book Industry General Fiction Award, Shortlisted, 2015^[6]

The Rosie Project

• International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Ireland, Longlisted, 2015^[5]
• Australian Book Industry's Book of the Year, Winner, 2014^[13]
• Australian Book Industry's General Fiction Book of the Year, Winner, 2014^[14]
• Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award, Shortlisted, 2014^[5]
• Best Debut Fiction, Independent Booksellers of Australia Awards, Shorlisted, 2014^[5]
• Waverton Good Read Award, United Kingdom, Shortlisted, 2014^[5]
• The Indie Awards, Shortlisted, 2014^[5]
• Victorian Premier's Award for Best Unpublished Manuscript, Winner, 2012^[15]

Other Awards

• Doctor of Communication Honoris Causa - RMIT^[16]
• The Age Short Story Award 2012 – second with his story Three Encounters with the Physical^[17]
• Stringybark Seven Deadly Sins Award 2012 second with his story Eulogy for a Sinner^[3]
• Stringybark Short Story Award 2012 three Highly Commended stories that appear in the book The Road Home^[3]
• Twisted Stringybark Award 2012 two Highly Commended stories that appear in the book Tainted Innocence^[3]
• Stringybark Flash Fiction Award 2012 one Highly Commended story, Cutting that appears in the book Behind the Wattles^[3]
• Fellowship of Australian Writers Jennifer Burbidge Award 2007 one Highly Commended story, The Klara Project – Phase 1 that appears in the book The Enveloope Please 2007^[18]
• DAMA 2003 Professional Achievement Award^[19]
• Fellow of the Australian Computer Society 1998^[20]

Publications

Novels

• The Rosie Effect, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2014 ISBN 9781922182104
• The Rosie Project, Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2012 ISBN 9781922079770

Short Stories

• Intervention on the Number 3 Tram, Melbourne Writers Festival, 2015.
• Like It Was Yesterday, Review of Australian Fiction, 2015.
• The Life and Times of Greasy Joe, The Big Issue, 2015.^[21]
• A Visit to the Other Side, Conde Nast Traveller, 2013.
• Three Encounters with the Physical, The Age Short Story Award, 2013.^[22]
• Cutting, Behind the Wattles, 2012.^[23]
• Eulogy for a Sinner, Seven Deadly Sins, 2012.^[24]
• A Confession in Three Parts, The Road Home, 2012.^[25]
• Savoir Faire, The Road Home, 2012.^[25]
• Natural Selection, The Road Home, 2012.^[25]
• A Short Submission to the Coroner, Tainted Innocence, 2012.^[26]
• GSOH, Tainted Innocence, 2012.^[26]
• 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, Technics 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", The Age 26 January 2012
2. "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript: Winner Announced". The Wheeler Centre. 4 June 2012.
3. "Stringybark Stories Author profile" Nov 2012
4. "No Lounging Around as New Author Gains Ground", The Age 28 September 2012
5. "The Rosie Project". www.textpublishing.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
6. "The Rosie Effect". www.textpublishing.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
7. "Rosy film future for Rosie Project". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
8. Balfour, Cheryl (10 August 2015). "Rosie Project author Graeme Simsion joins Melbourne Writers Festival bestseller panel". Leader.
9. "Literary Double Act". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
10. "Text Publishing – Graeme Simsion" Text Publishing biography 2013
11. "Pinot Now About Us"
12. Tippet, Gary. "Author, author". 3010 – Melbourne University Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
13. Author of 'The Rosie Project' awarded Book of the Year prize – ABC news
14. Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project named Australian Book of the Year – news.com.au
15. "The Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
16. "It’s Graduation time!". RMIT University.
17. Simsion,Graeme "Three Encounters with the Physical" The Age 12 January 2013
18. "FAW Results" 2007
19. "DAMA Achievement Awards". Data Management International. 2003.
20. Australian Computer Society – Victorian fellows – 1998
21. "The life and times of Greasy Joe: Drinking, driving and the possibility of sex". search.informit.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
22. "Three encounters with the physical". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
23. "Stringybark Flash Fiction and Micro Fiction Award 2012". www.stringybarkstories.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
24. "Stringybark Seven Deadly Sins Fiction Award 2012". www.stringybarkstories.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
25. "Stringybark Short Story Award 2011". www.stringybarkstories.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
26. "Twisted Stringybark Short Story Award 2012". www.stringybarkstories.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

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.