Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley was born at the northernmost edge of Baffin Island, in the Canadian Arctic. She grew up learning traditional survival lore from her father. She and her husband Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley were brought together by a love of nature and each other. They write Arctic speculative fiction and nonfiction for various ages.Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley was born at the southernmost edge of Ontario, learning woodcraft from his father. He and his wife Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley were brought together by a love of nature and each other. They write Arctic speculative fiction and nonfiction for various ages.

"With Ajjiit, husband-and-wife team Sean A. Tinsley and Rachel A. Qitsualik...have employed traditional Inuit tales to create a collection of dark fantasy stories that provides readers with a breath of fresh Arctic air"—Quill & Quire