Aviaq Johnston

Aviaq Johnston (born October 23, 1992) is a Canadian Inuk writer from Igloolik, currently living in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Her debut young adult novel Those Who Run in the Sky won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose. 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, and for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature.

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

Johnston was listed as one of the 18 Authors to Watch in 2018.

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

• What's My Superpower? (2017)

• Those Who Run in the Sky (2017)

• Those Who Dwell Below (2019)

• Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me a Story (2021)

• Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories (2019)

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• Tarnikuluk
• Interview at hinaani
• Johnston at CBC, 2018
• Aviaq Johnston at IMDb