In 2006 he obtained a PhD in data modelling from the University of Melbourne.

Simsion is married to psychiatrist Anne Buist and has two children. Its sequel, titled Two Steps Onward, was published in June 2021. Simsion's fourth novel Two Steps Forward, a collaboration with his wife Anne Buist, was published on 2 October 2017. Its movie rights were optioned to Toni Collette’s company Vocab Films. Simsion's third novel, The Best of Adam Sharp was published by Text Publishing in 2016. The third and final book, The Rosie Result, was published in February 2019. Ī sequel titled The Rosie Effect, was published on 24 September 2014. Simsion initially wrote The Rosie Project as a screenplay, which has since been optioned to Sony Pictures Entertainment. By March 2016 it had sold more than three and a half million copies in over 40 countries around the world. The novel was published by Text Publishing to critical acclaim in Australia in January 2014. In 2012 Simsion won the Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for his book The Rosie Project. Prior to becoming an author, Simsion was an information systems consultant, co-authoring the book Data Modelling Essentials, and worked in wine distribution. Simsion was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia with his family when he was 12 years old. Simsion is a New Zealand-born Australian author, screenwriter, playwright, and data modeller, best known for his first novel The Rosie Project. 2012 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award Ģ014 Australian Book Industry's Book of the Year

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