Aviaq Johnston

Aviaq Johnston (born October 23, 1992) is a Canadian Inuk writer from Igloolik, currently living in Iqaluit, Nunavut.^[1]^[2] Her debut young adult novel Those Who Run in the Sky won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose.^[3] The novel was also a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature at the 2017 Governor General's Awards,^[4] and for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature.^[5]

She has also published the children's book What's My Superpower?,^[6] and received a Governor General's History Award in 2014 for her short story "Tarnikuluk".^[7]

Johnston was listed as one of the 18 Authors to Watch in 2018.^[8]

Literary awards


Year	Title	Award	Status
2017	Those Who Run in the Sky	Governor General's Award for English-Language Children's Literature^[9]	Finalist
		Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Young Adult Literature^[10]	Honour Book
		Foreword INDIES Award for Young Adult Fiction^[11]	Finalist
		Indigenous Voices Award: Most Significant Work of Prose in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer^[12]	Winner

Works

Children and young adult books

What's My Superpower? (2017) ^[13]
Those Who Run in the Sky (2017)^[14]
Those Who Dwell Below (2019) ^[15]
Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me a Story (2021)^[16]

Anthology contributions

Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories (2019) ^[17]

References

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