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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sean Tinsley |
| Occupation | writer |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genre | young adult literature |
| Notable works | Skraelings |
| Spouse | Rachel 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
- "Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- "Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley win 2015 Burt Award". Quill & Quire, October 26, 2015.
- "Winnipeg authors up for GG awards". Winnipeg Free Press, October 8, 2014.
- "Inuit culture comes alive". Guelph Mercury, August 1, 2015.
- "2005 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards winners" Archived 2015-11-18 at the Wayback Machine. SF Crowsnest, August 29, 2005.
External links
- Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley's biography on Inuit.uqam.ca
- Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley at Inhabit Media
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