Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley is a Canadian writer.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
BornSean Tinsley
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Genreyoung adult literature
Notable worksSkraelings
SpouseRachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

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.[4]

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".[5]

Publications
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
2019 "Rosie" in This Place: 150 Years Retold Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley GMB Chomichuk

References
  1. "Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. "Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley win 2015 Burt Award". Quill & Quire, October 26, 2015.
  3. "Winnipeg authors up for GG awards". Winnipeg Free Press, October 8, 2014.
  4. "Inuit culture comes alive". Guelph Mercury, August 1, 2015.
  5. "2005 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards winners" Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine. SF Crowsnest, August 29, 2005.


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