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Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

b. 1969

Canadian writer

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About Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

Born 1969. Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley is a Canadian science fiction writer, children's writer and author.

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley is a Canadian writer. He was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for Skraelings, which he cowrote with his wife Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley. 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.

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.

Of Scottish and Mohawk heritage, he was a second-place finalist in the Writers of the Future competition in 2005 for his short story "Green Angel".

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Important facts

Born

1969

Birth century

20th century

Occupation

Science fiction writer, children's writer, author

Nationality

Canada, Canadians

Family & relationships

Spouse

Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley's

Theoretical physicist

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley?

Canadian writer

When was Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley born?

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley was born in 1969.

What is Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley's occupation?

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley is a science fiction writer, children's writer and author.

What nationality is Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley?

Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

· Wikidata: Q22279793

· DBpedia: Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley

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