Graeme Simsion

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Graeme Simsion (2012)

Graeme C. Simsion (* 1956 in Auckland , New Zealand ) is an Australian author .

Career

Simsion was originally an IT specialist and worked in the field of data modeling . He writes novels, plays and short stories.

His debut novel The Rosie Project (2013; Eng. The Rosie Project , 2015) became an international bestseller. The book is about a man with Asperger's Syndrome and his problems in conquering his great love Rosie. In 2012, he received the Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award for the work. In autumn 2014 he released The Rosie Effect (dt. The Rosie effect , 2016), the successor to work his debut novel. Simsion's third novel, The Best of Adam Sharp (2016; The Man Who Dared To Dream , 2017) is about reviving an old relationship. He wrote his fourth novel, Two Steps Forward (2017; dt. Fortunately, there are detours , 2019) together with his wife Anne Buist. It is about a widow and a divorced man who find each other on a pilgrimage.

2019 The third part of the trilogy Rosie appeared The Rosie Result (dt. The Rosie result , 2020).

Simsion is married and has two children.

Works

  • The Rosie Project . Text Publishing, Melbourne 2013, ISBN 9781922079770 .
  • The Rosie Effect . Text Publishing, Melbourne 2014, ISBN 9781922182104 .
    • German translation: The Rosie Effect , German by Annette Hahn, Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt a. M. 2016 ISBN 9783596521180 .
  • The Best of Adam Sharp . Text Publishing, Melbourne 2016, ISBN 9781925355376 .
    • German translation: The man who dared to dream , German by Annette Hahn, Fischer Krüger, Frankfurt a. M. 2017, ISBN 9783810530318 .
  • Two Steps Forward , together with Anne Buist. Text Publishing, Melbourne 2017, ISBN 9781925498776 .
    • German translation: Fortunately there are detours , German by Annette Hahn, Fischer Krüger, Frankfurt a. M. 2019, ISBN 9783810530523 .
  • The Rosie Result . Text Publishing, Melbourne 2019, ISBN 9781925774283 .
    • German translation: The Rosie result , German by Annette Hahn, Fischer Krüger, Frankfurt a. M. 2020, ISBN 9783810530660 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Booktopia
  2. ↑ CV
personal data
SURNAME Simsion, Graeme
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simsion, Graeme C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian author
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Auckland