Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak was born in 1948 in Qatiktalik, Nunavut (then part of the Northwest Territories) and grew up in Repulse Bay. His family led a traditional Inuit lifestyle and Kusugak did not speak English until he was sent to residential school at the age of seven. Before becoming a full-time author and storyteller, he worked for the government and was at one time the Director of Community Programs for Arctic College. Kusugak lives in Rankin Inlet.

Books by Michael Kusugak

	1989 A Promise is a Promise (with Robert Munsch)	Biblio.com
	1990 Baseball Bats For Christmas	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1992 Hide and Sneak	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1993 Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1996 My Arctic 1, 2, 3	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	1998 Arctic Stories	Biblio.com
	1999 Who Wants Rocks?	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2006 The Curse of the Shaman	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
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Awards

• Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Fiction
  • 2008 – Curse of the Shaman – Shortlisted

Links

• Official site

Added 22 May 2008.
Updated 12 October 2008.