Aviaq Johnston (born October 23, 1992) is a Canadian Inuk writer from Igloolik, currently living in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
[1][2] Her debut young adult novel Those Who Run in the Sky won the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for English Prose.
[3] 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,[4] and for the Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Literature.
[5] She has also published the children's book What's My Superpower?,[6] and received a Governor General's History Award in 2014 for her short story "Tarnikuluk".
[7] Johnston was listed as one of the 18 Authors to Watch in 2018.