About

Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Of Inuit-Cree ancestry, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley was born in a tent on northernmost Baffin Island. She learned Inuit survival lore from her father, surviving residential school and attending university. In 2012, she was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for numerous cultural writings. Of Scottish-Mohawk ancestry, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley was born in southern Ontario, learning woodcraft and stories from his father. Training as an artist, then writer, Sean’s sci-fi work won 2nd place at the California-based Writers of the Future contest, published by Galaxy Press. Rachel and Sean have worked for decades as Arctic researchers and consultants. In writing together, they have published 10 successful books and many shorter works, celebrating the history and uniqueness of Arctic shamanism, cosmology, and cosmogony. Their novel, Skraelings: Clashes in the Old Arctic, was a Governor General Awards Finalist and First Prize Burt Award winner.

Books by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Tanna's Puppy

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Michelle Simpson

Burning Cold

An Inuit and Dene Comics Collection

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley & Richard Van Camp

Le Hibou de Tanna

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Yong Ling Kang

Taaqtumi

An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories (Inuktitut)

by (author) Aviaq Johnston, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Thomas Anguti Johnston, Repo Kempt, Jay Bulckaert, Cara Bryant, Gayle Kabloona & K.C. Carthew

Tanna's Lemming

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Tamara Campeau

Taaqtumi

An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

by (author) Aviaq Johnston, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Thomas Anguti Johnston, Repo Kempt, Jay Bulckaert, K.C. Carthew, Gayle Kabloona & Cara Bryant
narrator Elizabeth Ryan, Vinnie Karetak, Aloka Wijesooriya & Kaaju Arreak

The Raven and the Loon

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Kim Smith

Tanna's Owl

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Yong Ling Kang

This Place

150 Years Retold

by (author) Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette & Chelsea Vowel
illustrated by Jen Storm, Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, G.M.B. Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott B. Henderson, Andrew Lodwick, Scott A. Ford, Donovan Yaciuk & Ryan Howe
foreword by Alicia Elliott

The Shadows that Rush Past

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Emily Fiegenschuh & Larry MacDougall

Why the Monster

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas

The Raven and the Loon Big Book

English Edition

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

The Raven and the Loon Big Book

Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Lesson for the Wolf

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Alan Cook

Lesson for the Wolf

Inuktitut

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Alan Cook

The Walrus Who Escaped

Inuktitut

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Anthony Brennan

How Things Came to Be

Inuit Stories of Creation

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall & Emily Fiegenschuh

Stories of Survival and Revenge

From Inuit Folklore

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Jeremy Mohler

How Things Came to Be

Inuit Stories of Creation

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Patricia Ann Lewis-MacDougall & Emily Fiegenschuh

Tuniit

Mysterious Folk of the Arctic

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Bigham

Stories of Survival and Revenge

From Inuit Folklore (Inuktitut)

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Jeremy Mohler

Tuniit

Mysterious Folk of the Arctic (Inuktitut)

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Bigham

The Walrus Who Escaped

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley & Anthony Brennan

Skraelings

Inuktitut

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Andrew Trabbold

Skraelings

Clashes in the Old Arctic

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Andrew Trabbold

The Raven and the Loon

Inuktitut

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Kim Smith

The Shadows that Rush Past

Inuktitut

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Emily Fiegenschuh & Larry MacDougall

Under the Ice

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Jae Korim

Under the Ice

Inuktitut

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Jae Korim

Ajjiit

Dark Dreams of the Ancient Arctic

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Qanuq Pinngurnirmata

Inuit Stories of How Things Came to Be

by (author) Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley & Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
illustrated by Emily Fiegenschuh