Aviaq Johnston
# 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.

## Literary awards

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

## Works

### Children and young adult books

* What's My Superpower? (2017)
* Those Who Run in the Sky (2017)
* Those Who Dwell Below (2019)
* Grandfather Bowhead, Tell Me a Story (2021)

### Anthology contributions

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