“JBJ (Julius Benjamin Jonker) is a fantasy author living in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His debut, Echoes of the Past, launches the King’s Pride Saga, an epic fantasy series built on a simple philosophy: write the books he’d most want to read himself.

Having graduated in Politics, Philosophy, Economics, and History to understand the real world, he soon decided fantasy was a better way to talk about it. The genre lets readers step far enough outside reality to look honestly at morality, identity, and the messy business of how we live together. He hasn’t entirely detached from the real world, though, as conversations about politics and how to build a fairer, more conscious society still pull him in, probably for the same reasons he ended up writing fantasy in the first place.

Off the page, JBJ is what happens when that same obsession never clocks out: he reads compulsively, plays D&D, dabbles in theatre, games, cosplays, collects medieval weaponry with more enthusiasm than storage space, and shows up at bookstores & RenFaires whenever the calendar allows (especially if he’s allowed to promote his book there).

Learn more about JBJ at www.jbjwriter.com or follow him on Instagram @jbj_writes.”