Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
BornRachel Attituq Qitsualik
Nunavut, Canada
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Genreyoung adult literature
Notable worksSkraelings
SpouseSean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Rachel Attituq Qitsualik-Tinsley[1] is a Canadian writer. She was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for Skraelings, which she cowrote with her husband Sean 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]

She is of Inuk, Scottish and Cree descent.[4]

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.[5]

She works as an Inuktitut language translator, and has written both non-fiction and short stories about Inuit culture.[6] In 2012, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her writing.[7]

In 2017, she ran as a candidate in the Nunavut territorial election for the electoral district of Quttiktuq.[8] Qitsualik-Tinsley finished in last place in her riding, with 0 votes.[9]

Publications

Year Title Author Illustrator
2011 The Shadows that Rush Past Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Emily Fiegenschuh and Larry MacDougall
2011 Ajjiit Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Andrew Trabbold
2012 Under the Ice Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Jae Korim, Art Direction by Babah Kalluk
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 Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley GMB Chomichuk
2019 "Lounge", in Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
2020 Tanna's Owl Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Yong Ling Kang
2022 Tanna's Lemming Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Tamara Campeau

References

  1. ^ "Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel | 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. ^ Moore, Dene (2023-10-30). "From the supernatural to the thrilling, these Indigenous authors will leave you unsettled this Halloween". IndigiNews. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  5. ^ "Inuit culture comes alive". Guelph Mercury, August 1, 2015.
  6. ^ "Taming the unfrozen North; When global warming melts the Arctic ice, look to the Inuit to adapt and survive, just as their ancestors did". Toronto Star, August 31, 2006.
  7. ^ "Rachel A. Qitsualik-Tinsley". The Governor General of Canada. Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  8. ^ "72 candidates declare for Nunavut election as nomination period closes". CBC News, September 28, 2017.
  9. ^ "2017 General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. p. 9. Retrieved April 30, 2020.