Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | |
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Born | Rachel Attituq Qitsualik Nunavut, Canada |
Occupation | writer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Genre | young adult literature |
Notable works | Skraelings |
Spouse | Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley |
Rachel Attituq Qitsualik-Tinsley[1] 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.[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]
She is of Inuk, Scottish and Cree descent.[4]
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.[5]
She works as an Inuktitut language translator, and has written both non-fiction and short stories about Inuit culture.[6] In 2012, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her writing.[7]
In 2017, she ran as a candidate in the Nunavut territorial election for the electoral district of Quttiktuq.[8] Qitsualik-Tinsley finished in last place in her riding, with 0 votes.[9]