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."Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley win 2015 Burt Award". Quill & Quire, October 26, 2015. 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."Winnipeg authors up for GG awards". Winnipeg Free Press, October 8, 2014.
She is of Inuk, Scottish and Cree descent.
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."Inuit culture comes alive". Guelph Mercury, August 1, 2015.
She works as an Inuktitut language translator, and has written both non-fiction and short stories about Inuit culture."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. In 2012, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her writing.
In 2017, she ran as a candidate in the Nunavut territorial election for the electoral district of Quttiktuq."72 candidates declare for Nunavut election as nomination period closes". CBC News, September 28, 2017. Qitsualik-Tinsley finished in last place in her riding, with 0 votes.
Publications YearTitleAuthorIllustrator2011The Shadows that Rush PastRachel Qitsualik-TinsleyEmily Fiegenschuh and Larry MacDougall2011AjjiitSean and Rachel Qitsualik-TinsleyAndrew Trabbold2012Under the IceRachel Qitsualik-TinsleyJae Korim, Art Direction by Babah Kalluk2013The Raven and the LoonRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleyKim Smith2014SkraelingsRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleyAndrew Trabbold2014The Walrus Who EscapedRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleyAnthony Brennan2014Tuniit: Mysterious Folk of the ArcticRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleySean Bigham2015How Things Came To BeRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleyEmily Fiegenschuh and Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall2015Stories of Survival and Revenge: From Inuit FolkloreRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleyJeremy Mohler2017Why the MonsterSean and Rachel Qitsualik-TinsleyToma Feizo Gas2019"Rosie", in This PlaceRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleyGMB Chomichuk2019"Lounge", in Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror StoriesSean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley2020Tanna's OwlRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleyYong Ling Kang2022Tanna's LemmingRachel and Sean Qitsualik-TinsleyTamara Campeau
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External links
Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley at Inhabit Media