| Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | |
| Birth Name: | Rachel Attituq Qitsualik |
| Birth Place: | Nunavut, Canada |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Spouse: | Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Genre: | young adult literature |
| Notableworks: | Skraelings |
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]
| Year | Title | Author | Illustrator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Shadows that Rush Past | Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | Emily Fiegenschuh and Larry MacDougall | |
| 2011 | Ajjiit | Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | Andrew Trabbold | |
| 2012 | Under the Ice | Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | Jae Korim, Art Direction by Babah Kalluk | |
| 2013 | The Raven and the Loon | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Kim Smith | |
| 2014 | Skraelings | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Andrew Trabbold | |
| 2014 | The Walrus Who Escaped | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Anthony Brennan | |
| 2014 | Tuniit: Mysterious Folk of the Arctic | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Sean Bigham | |
| 2015 | How Things Came To Be | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Emily Fiegenschuh and Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall | |
| 2015 | Stories of Survival and Revenge: From Inuit Folklore | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Jeremy Mohler | |
| 2017 | Why the Monster | Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | Toma Feizo Gas | |
| 2019 | "Rosie", in This Place | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | GMB Chomichuk | |
| 2019 | "Lounge", in Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories | Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley | ||
| 2020 | Tanna's Owl | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Yong Ling Kang | |
| 2022 | Tanna's Lemming | Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Tamara Campeau |