Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Rachel Attituq Qitsualik-Tinsley 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.[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]

Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
BornRachel Attituq Qitsualik
Nunavut, Canada
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Genreyoung adult literature
Notable worksSkraelings
SpouseSean 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.[3]

She works as an Inuktitut language translator, and has written both non-fiction and short stories about Inuit culture.[4] In 2012, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her writing.[5]

In 2017, she ran as a candidate in the Nunavut territorial election for the electoral district of Quttiktuq.[6] Qitsualik-Tinsley finished in last place in her riding, with 0 votes.[7]

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

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. "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.
  5. "Rachel A. Qitsualik-Tinsley". The Governor General of Canada. Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  6. "72 candidates declare for Nunavut election as nomination period closes". CBC News, September 28, 2017.
  7. "2017 General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. p. 9. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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