Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley is a

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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 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. The book was also a ...

. The book 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 Gen ...

at the 2014 Governor General's Awards. The duo also cowrote the 2008 book ''Qanuq Pinngurnirmata'', a volume of

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. The book was reissued in 2015 as ''How Things Came to Be: Inuit Stories of Creation''. Of Scottish and

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heritage, he was a second-place finalist in the

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competition in 2005 for his short story "Green Angel"."2005 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards winners"
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'', August 29, 2005.

Publications

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External links

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley's biography
on Inuit.uqam.ca

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