Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
Born Sean Tinsley
Occupation writer
Nationality Canadian
Genre young adult literature
Notable works Skraelings
Spouse Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley is a Canadian writer. He was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for Skraelings, which he cowrote with his wife Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley.[1] The book was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[2]

The duo also cowrote the 2008 book Qanuq Pinngurnirmata, a volume of Inuit mythology. The book was reissued in 2015 as How Things Came to Be: Inuit Stories of Creation.[3]

Of Scottish and Mohawk heritage, he was a second-place finalist in the Writers of the Future competition in 2005 for his short story "Green Angel".[4]

Publications[5]

Year Title Author Illustrator
2011 Ajjiit Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Andrew Trabbold
2013 The Raven and the Loon Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Kim Smith
2014 Skraelings Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Andrew Trabbold
2014 The Walrus Who Escaped Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Anthony Brennan
2014 Tuniit: Mysterious Folk of the Arctic Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Sean Bigham
2015 How Things Came To Be Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Emily Fiegenschuh and Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall
2015 Stories of Survival and Revenge: From Inuit Folklore Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Jeremy Mohler
2017 Why the Monster Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Toma Feizo Gas

References

  1. ↑ "Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley win 2015 Burt Award". Quill & Quire, October 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Winnipeg authors up for GG awards". Winnipeg Free Press, October 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Inuit culture comes alive". Guelph Mercury, August 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2005 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards winners". SF Crowsnest, August 29, 2005.
  5. ↑ "Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley". inhabitmedia.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07.


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