Aviaq Johnston (born October 23, 1992) is a Canadian

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writer from Igloolik, currently living in

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, Nunavut. Her debut

young adult novel Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...

''Those Who Run in the Sky'' won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose. The novel was also a shortlisted finalist for the

Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature The Governor General's Award for English-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor Ge ...

at the 2017 Governor General's Awards, and for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature. She has also published the children's book ''What's My Superpower?'', and received a Governor General's History Award in 2014 for her short story "Tarnikuluk". Johnston was listed as one of the 18 Authors to Watch in 2018.

Literary awards

Works

Children and Young Adult Books

* ''What's My Superpower?'' (2017) * ''Those Who Run in the Sky'' (2017) * ''Those Who Dwell Below'' (2019) * ''Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me a Story'' (2021)

Anthology Contributions

* ''Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories'' (2019)

References

External links

Tarnikuluk

Interview
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Johnston
at CBC, 2018 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Aviaq 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian children's writers Canadian Inuit women Canadian women novelists Canadian women short story writers Canadian writers of young adult literature Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit from Nunavut Inuit writers Living people People from Igloolik People from Iqaluit Writers from Ottawa Writers from Nunavut 1992 births