Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

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

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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