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

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 1 to 3

Burning Cold

An Inuit and Dene Comics Collection

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

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 6 to 12

Le Hibou de Tanna

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

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Tanna's Lemming

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

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 1 to 3

The Raven and the Loon

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

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Tanna's Owl

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

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 1 to 3

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

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 8 to 12

The Shadows that Rush Past

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

Resources: Resources
Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 8

Why the Monster

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

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 8 to 12

The Raven and the Loon Big Book

Inuktitut Edition

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

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 2

The Raven and the Loon Big Book

English Edition

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

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 2

Lesson for the Wolf

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

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 1 to 3

Lesson for the Wolf

Inuktitut

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

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: k to 3

The Walrus Who Escaped

Inuktitut

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

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

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

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 1 to 3

Stories of Survival and Revenge

From Inuit Folklore

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

Ages: 12
Grades: 8 to 12

Tuniit

Mysterious Folk of the Arctic

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

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 8

Stories of Survival and Revenge

From Inuit Folklore (Inuktitut)

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

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 3 to 12

Tuniit

Mysterious Folk of the Arctic (Inuktitut)

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

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 7

The Walrus Who Escaped

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

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Skraelings

Inuktitut

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

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 8 to 12

Skraelings

Clashes in the Old Arctic

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

Ages: 12 to 18
Grades: 8 to 12

The Raven and the Loon

Inuktitut

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

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

The Shadows that Rush Past

Inuktitut

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

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 8

Under the Ice

Inuktitut

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

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 6

Under the Ice

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

Ages: 9 to 12
Grades: 4 to 5