Graeme Simsion is the internationally bestselling author of The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, and The Rosie Result, featuring Professor Don Tillman, as well as The Best of Adam Sharp and, with Anne Buist, Two Steps Forward. Graeme lives in Australia.
"Another great favorite: The Rosie Project, a hilarious novel by
Graeme Simsion. It's truly one of the funniest and most poignant
novels I've read, and when you've finished it, there's an excellent
sequel as well."
--Nicholas Kristof, New York Times Newsletter
"The Rosie Project is an upbeat, quirky, impertinent gem of a read.
As the novel makes its logically irrefutable progression, readers
will become enchanted by what may well be the world's first
rigorously evidence-based romantic comedy."
--Chris Cleave, author of Little Bee and Gold
"The Rosie Project is the best, most honestly told love story I've
read in a long time."
--Kristin Hannah, author of Fly Away and Home Front
"The Rosie Project opens as strongly as any comic novel I've read
in a long time. . . . The book roars at high speed to its
conclusion. . . . A highfunctioning but emotionally illiterate guy
like Don makes a perfect unreliable narrator. . . . Happily,
Simsion doesn't give Don an unbelievable emotional makeover. Our
man just learns to live by a more complicated algorithm."
--Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"[A] bright, whip-snappingly funny romantic comedy. . . . Readers,
too, will push eagerly through the narrative, and at the end
they'll have one thought: thank goodness there's a sequel."
--Library Journal
"A world so original, in a story so compelling, I defy you not to
read through the night. Read this glorious novel now, in the
moment, where it lives."
--Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker's Wife
"Although there are many laughs to be found in this marvelous
novel, The Rosie Project is a serious reflection on our need for
companionship and identity. Don Tillman is as awkward and confusing
a narrator as he is lovable and charming."
--John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
"An utterly winning screwball comedy. . . . If you're looking for
sparkling entertainment along the lines of Where'd You Go,
Bernadette and When Harry Met Sally, The Rosie Project is this
season's fix. . . . This charming, warmhearted escapade, which
celebrates the havoc--and pleasure--emotions can unleash, offers
amusement aplenty. Sharp dialogue, terrific pacing, physical
hijinks, slapstick, a couple to root for, and more twists than a
pack of Twizzlers--it's no surprise that The Rosie Project is bound
for the big screen. But read it first."
--NPR.org
"Charming, funny, and heartwarming, a gem of a book."
--Marian Keyes, author of The Brightest Star in the Sky and This
Charming Man
"Don Tillman helps us believe in possibility, makes us proud to be
human beings, and the bonus is this: he keeps us laughing like
hell."
--Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook
"Filled with humor and plenty of heart, The Rosie Project is a
delightful reminder that all of us, no matter how we're wired, just
want to fit in."
--Chicago Tribune
"Funny, touching, and hard to put down, The Rosie Project is
certain to entertain even as readers delve into deep themes. For a
book about a logic-based quest for love, it has a lot of heart. . .
. [an] immensely enjoyable novel."
--Booklist (starred review)
"Graeme Simsion has created an unforgettable and charming character
unique in fiction. Don Tillman is on a quirky, often hilarious,
always sincere quest to logically discover what is ultimately
illogical--love. Written in a superbly pitch-perfect voice, The
Rosie Project had me cheering for Don on every page. I'm madly in
love with this book! Trust me, you will be, too."
--Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice and Left Neglected
"I couldn't put this book down. It's one of the most quirky and
endearing romances I've ever read. I laughed the whole way through.
And now I want to meet Don!"
--Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic series and Wedding
Night
"I wanted to race through The Rosie Project but had to make myself
slow down from my usual reading pace, because of the number of sly
jokes that I almost missed. A lovely, original, and very funny
read."
--Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You
"It's natural to be wary of a novel that's been the target of such
gushy praise. Publishers in at least thirty-eight countries have
snapped up the rights to The Rosie Project, which has been touted
as a 'publishing phenomenon, ' an 'international sensation' and no
less than 'the feel-good hit of 2013.' Well, squelch your inner
cynic: the hype is justified. Australian Graeme Simsion has written
a genuinely funny novel. . . . This is classic rom-com."
--The Washington Post
"Move over, Sheldon Cooper. There's a new brilliant, socially inept
scientist poised to win over a huge audience, and his name is Don
Tillman, in The Rosie Project. . . . It's not surprising that debut
novelist Graeme Simsion has a background in science--The Rosie
Project, already a success in Australia, seems almost precision
engineered to keep readers turning pages. But unlike its
unexpectedly lovable hero, this rom-com is bursting with warmth,
emotional depth, and intentional humor." (A-)
--Entertainment Weekly
"One of the year's most promising and original novelists."
--The Wall Street Journal
"Polished debut fiction. . . . Simsion can plot a story, set a
scene, write a sentence, finesse a detail. A pity more popular
fiction isn't this well written. . . . A sparkling, laugh-out-loud
novel."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Read-out-loud laughter begins by page two in Simsion's debut novel
about a thirty-nine-year-old genetics professor with
Asperger's--but utterly unaware of it--looking to solve his Wife
Problem. . . . What follows are his utterly clueless but more often
thoroughly charming exploits in exploring his capacity for romance.
. . . This novel is perfectly timed."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Simsion's attention to detail brings to life Don's wonderful,
weird world. Instead of using Don's Asperger's syndrome as a fault,
or a lead-in to a tragic turn of events, Simsion creates a
heartwarming story of an extraordinary man learning to live in an
ordinary world, and to love. As Don would say, this book is 'great
fun.'"
--USA Today
"Sometimes you just need a smart love story that will make anyone,
man or woman, laugh out loud."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"This clever and joyful book charmed me from the first. Professor
Tillman is an unlikely romantic hero but a brave, winning soul, and
his quest to find a wife goes to show that rationality is no match
for love."
--Maggie Shipstead, author of Seating Arrangements
"With the demands of children and work, it's rare that I find
myself so caught up in a novel that I literally cannot put it
down--not for food nor for conversation nor even for sleep.
Charming and delightful, I was so enamored of The Rosie Project
that I read it in a single, marathon sitting."
--Ayelet Waldman, author of Red Hook Road, Bad Mother, and Love and
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