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.

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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 A short-tempered shaman curses young Wolverine, much to the delight of the shaman's grumpy animal spirit.	Amazon.ca Biblio.com
	2008 The Littlest Sled Dog	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

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

• Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
  • 2008 – Winner

Links

• Official site

Added 22 May 2008.
Updated 25 August 2010.