Božena Slančíková (October 2, 1867, Polichno - November 27, 1951, Lučenec ), better known by the pen name Timrava, was a Slovak novelist, short story writer and playwright.

At fifteen, she briefly attended a public boarding school at Banská Bystrica, otherwise her education took place entirely at home, where she lived until her father's death in 1909.

For three months, she was a companion to a wealthy widow in Dolný Kubín, and later became the caretaker of collections at the Slovak National Museum in Martin, but this also lasted only for a short time.

After her father's death, she moved in with her mother, near her twin brother's rectory in the village of Ábelová, two miles west of Polichno.

Satirical verses comprised most of her early works, but she eventually turned to novels and short stories, with an occasional play.