Occupation writer Name Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Nationality Canadian Role Writer | Genre young adult literature Spouse Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley Notable works Skraelings | |
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. 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.
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.
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".
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