Aviaq Johnston


Aviaq Johnston 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.
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Works

Children and young adult books

What's My Superpower? Those Who Run in the Sky Those Who Dwell Below

Anthology contributions