For fans of the award-winning Those Who Run in the Sky, the big day has finally arrived SA国际影视传媒� Aviaq JohnstonSA国际影视传媒檚 second installment is here.

Published today, Those Who Dwell Below follows the continuing adventures of Pitu, the young shaman who became lost in the world of the spirits.

SA国际影视传媒淎fter his other-worldly travels and near-death encounters, Pitu resumes life at home. Haunted by the vicious creatures of his recent past, he tries to go back to normal, but Pitu knows that there is more work to be done, and more that he must learn in his role as a shaman. Word of a starving village nearby reaches Pitu, and he must go to help them appease the angry spirits. It becomes clear that Pitu must travel to the bottom of the ocean to meet Nuliajuk, the vengeful sea goddessSA国际影视传媒�SA国际影视传媒� the synopsis reads.

JohnstonSA国际影视传媒檚 previous installment was repeatedly recognized: as a finalist for the 2017 Governor GeneralSA国际影视传媒檚 Literary Award for Young PeopleSA国际影视传媒檚 Literature, as an Honour Book by the 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit and Metis Literature, as the winner of the Most Significant Work of Prose in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer in 2018, as a finalist in 2017 for the Foreword Indies Award for Young Adult Fiction, and as a 2017 Canadian ChildrenSA国际影视传媒檚 Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens.

One often hears of authors feeling a lot of pressure after a first book is a great success. Did Johnston?

SA国际影视传媒淚 didnSA国际影视传媒檛 actually. ISA国际影视传媒檓 very happy with the success of Those Who Run in the Sky. It was also my first time actually writing for other people. I learned a lot writing that one. With the second one I felt so much more prepared. I was like: this one is going to be better,SA国际影视传媒� she said.

SA国际影视传媒淚t might not be, but I feel very strongly about it.SA国际影视传媒�

Johnston, who also authored the bestselling childrenSA国际影视传媒檚 picture book WhatSA国际影视传媒檚 My Superpower?, came to writing by way of elders in Iglulik.

SA国际影视传媒淚 really liked traditional stories growing up. My favourite time in Inuktitut classes was when elders would come in to tell us stories. I started reading more, as I got into middle school and high school. I was really inspired by that style of storytelling,SA国际影视传媒� said Johnston.

SA国际影视传媒淭he first book I ever read was from a perspective that wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 a human. It was a genie. That was really cool to me. You could explore so many different ways to tell a story.SA国际影视传媒�

She started writing as a young teen.

SA国际影视传媒淔rom there it kept growing.SA国际影视传媒�

Johnston recalls the moments when she realized being a writer is what she wanted.

SA国际影视传媒淚 wrote a story. It was 80 pages. It took me a year or two to write. I let my whole family read it, and a few family friends. They said it was really good. And I said, yeah, thatSA国际影视传媒檚 what I want to do,SA国际影视传媒� she said.

SA国际影视传媒淚 would never share that story now, because itSA国际影视传媒檚 not the standard ISA国际影视传媒檓 at right now. A lot of plot holes.SA国际影视传媒�

In December, Johnston left her job as a social worker, and sheSA国际影视传媒檚 returned to Iqaluit from Ottawa. There was too much going on with her writing career and she couldnSA国际影视传媒檛 keep up with deadlines.

SA国际影视传媒淪o ISA国际影视传媒檝e been alone with my brain for the last few months. For now, my career and livelihood is very sustainable as a writer. ISA国际影视传媒檓 loving the freedom of being a writer,SA国际影视传媒� she said.

But learning the self-discipline of being a writer hasnSA国际影视传媒檛 been easy.

SA国际影视传媒淚SA国际影视传媒檝e been working since I was 14. ISA国际影视传媒檝e just always had a job. Suddenly ISA国际影视传媒檓 a freelance person. I really had to force myself to work, especially at home. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 hard for me to focus at home because thereSA国际影视传媒檚 so much I could do there,SA国际影视传媒� Johnston said.

SA国际影视传媒淪o I asked Inhabit Media (her publisher) if there would be a work space for me at the office.SA国际影视传媒�

Those Who Dwell Below, three years in the making, is widely available at any bookstore and online, and at the .

And, for fans, good news: PituSA国际影视传媒檚 adventures are planned as a trilogy.

SA国际影视传媒淢y favourite books to read are usually trilogies,SA国际影视传媒� said Johnston. SA国际影视传媒淚SA国际影视传媒檓 just starting work on the third one.SA国际影视传媒�