Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley is a

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writer. He was a winner of the

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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

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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 Mohawk 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

References

External links

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

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