About Us - Queen's Book Asylum

Hello there!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a moment to look around on Queen’s Book Asylum. This is the place where you can find out all about us. The story started in March 2018, and this blog brought a lot of joy into my life ever since. I love reading – duh – and rock music and I wanted a place where I could bring these two passions of mine together.

What started as a book review site soon grew into something else – here you can find a wide selection of content from interviews through author spotlight posts to personal essays and music-related goodies. We are also huge supporters of indie SFF and take part in various competitions to champion those books and authors. This site is about as eclectic as we are as a team and we are always working on something new to give to our readers.

I hope you will find what you are looking for and we can be friends! If you’d like to get in touch with us, please visit the Contact page to do so, or connect with us on social media.

Sincerely,

Arina, Bjørn, Jen, Olivia and Timy

Owner of Queen’s Book Asylum

Timy, also known as Queen Terrible Timy hails from a magical land called Hungary, born and raised in its capital city, Budapest. Books have been her refuge and best friends ever since she can remember along with music and her favorite stuffed panda(s). She might or might not be obsessed with said animals. Timy is the owner and editor of Queen’s Book Asylum. In her free time (hah!) she likes to create things, collect panda stuff, go to concerts, travel, and take the literary world one book at a time.

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Hi, I’m Jen (aka bunnyreads).

I live in the northern part of BC, where it’s winter for more of the year than I’d like. The plus side of not liking to be out in the cold, means I get to cuddle up under a blanket next to a fireplace and read.

I’d say ninety-percent of my reading at this point, is probably self-pub or new authors. I love finding great new authors and books. I read across most genres but the bulk of my reading is fantasy/sci-fi and a smattering of romance.

My husband and I have a few horses, free run some chickens, and of course there are bunnies… a lot of bunnies. The horses are his and the bunnies are mine, but he’s a good man and tries to love them too-even when they eat all his newly transplanted saplings.

When I’m not reading, or doing farm and animal chores – I love listening to music, painting, tv and movies, and walking.

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A rogue online and a real-life technomancer, Arina’s an avid advocate of the uncommon, with a passion for championing indie and offbeat SFF.

Software developer at dawn and reader by nightfall, she loves to talk books alongside her awesome co-bloggers, opening her mind to new worlds, perspectives and experiences.

When not keeping an eye on the resident pet demon, Arina prizes her time with loved ones and strategizes endlessly on MTGA.

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Stabby-nominated and Qi winning Bjørn is a curious medical phenomenon – most of him lives in a Dutch suburb, but his heart got lost in Iceland. He self-published his first graphic novel at the age of seven in a limited edition of one, following this achievement several decades later with books containing multiple sentences. His writing is described as ‘dark’ and ‘literary’, but he remains incapable of taking anything seriously for more than 60 seconds.

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Olivia Atwater writes whimsical historical fantasy with a hint of satire. She lives in Montreal, Quebec with her fantastic, prose-inspiring husband and her two cats. When she told her second-grade history teacher that she wanted to work with history someday, she is fairly certain this isn’t what either party had in mind. She has been, at various times, a historical re-enactor, a professional witch at a metaphysical supply store, a web developer, and a vending machine repairperson.

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Amateur book blogger, amateur everything, passionate reader! Always busy. Believer in no gods, hater of systems and lover of metal. After living in Ireland for 12 years, Liis has moved back to her roots in Estonia with her Irish husband in tow. They now enjoy the 4 full seasons of varying weather in Estonia.